Hummingbird on Flower (IMAGE)

University of California - Riverside

Hummingbird on Flower

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Longer flower tubes are often associated with more specialist pollinators, like the black-chinned hummingbird visiting Nicotiana glauca seen here, whereas a greater variation of different pollinators can access the flower rewards of shorter and wider flowers.

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Ninad Thakoor

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