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Sugar Metabolism in Hummingbirds and Nectar Bats

Hummingbirds and nectar bats coevolved with the plants they visit to feed on floral nectars rich in sugars. The extremely high metabolic costs imposed by small size and hovering flight in combination with reliance upon sugars as their main source of dietary calories resulted in convergent evolution...

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Publicado en:Nutrients
Autores principales: Suarez, Raul K., Welch, Kenneth C.
Formato: Artigo
Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5537857/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28704953
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu9070743
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