Diel niche partitioning of a plant-hummingbird network in the Atlantic forest of Brazil

• Published in: Oecologia Vol. 201; no. 4; pp. 1025 - 1037
• Main Authors: Nieto, Andrea, Wüest, Rafael O., Graham, Catherine H., Varassin, Isabela G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.04.2023; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animals; Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Birds; Brazil; Cameras; Community Ecology–Original Research; Competition; Ecology; Ecosystem; Feeding Behavior; Flowers; Flowers & plants; Forests; Hummingbirds; Hydrology/Water Resources; Life Sciences; Nectar; nectar secretion; Niche (Ecology); Niche overlap; Niches; Partitioning; Plant Nectar; Plant Sciences; Plant species; Plants; Plants (botany); Pollinators; Resource partitioning; Brazil; Competition; Facilitation; Nectar; Co-flowering; Interaction

Niche partitioning is an important mechanism that allows species to coexist. Within mutualistic interaction networks, diel niche partitioning, i.e., partitioning of resources throughout the day, has been neglected. We explored diel niche partitioning of a plant-hummingbird network in the Brazilian A...