Foraging theory predicts that generalist foragers should switch resources more readily, while specialist foragers should remain constant to preferred food resources. Plant-pollinator interactions provide a convenient system to test such predictions because floral resources are often temporally patchy, thus requiring long-lived pollinators to switch resources seasonally. Furthermore, flowering phenologies range from ‘steady-state’ (low-rewarding but highly reliable) to ‘big-bang’ (high-rewarding but ephemeral) plant species. We assessed how nectarivorous Old World bats respond to this temporally variable floral environment by examining their diets throughout the year. Over 15 months of fieldwork in southern Thailand, we simultaneously: (1) r...
Plant–pollinator interactions are critical to ecosystems. However, when artificial nectar feeders ar...
Plant–pollinator interactions are critical to ecosystems. However, when artificial nectar feeders ar...
Background and Aims Sympatric plant species that share pollinators potentially compete for pollinati...
Foraging theory predicts that generalist foragers should switch resources more readily, while specia...
Foraging theory predicts that generalist foragers should switch resources more readily, while specia...
The overwhelming majority of flowering plant species depend on animals for pollination, and such pol...
The large majority of angiosperm species depend on animals for pollination, including many agricultu...
The large majority of angiosperm species depend on animals for pollination, including many agricultu...
Many tropical bats eat fruit, nectar, and pollen, and many tropical plants are pollinated or dispers...
Plant-pollinator interactions are great model systems to investigate mutualistic relationships. We c...
Plant-pollinator interactions are great model systems to investigate mutualistic relationships. We c...
Plant-pollinator interactions are great model systems to investigate mutualistic relationships. We c...
Plant-pollinator interactions are great model systems to investigate mutualistic relationships. We c...
Plant-pollinator interactions are great model systems to investigate mutualistic relationships. We c...
Plant–pollinator interactions are critical to ecosystems. However, when artificial nectar feeders ar...
Plant–pollinator interactions are critical to ecosystems. However, when artificial nectar feeders ar...
Plant–pollinator interactions are critical to ecosystems. However, when artificial nectar feeders ar...
Background and Aims Sympatric plant species that share pollinators potentially compete for pollinati...
Foraging theory predicts that generalist foragers should switch resources more readily, while specia...
Foraging theory predicts that generalist foragers should switch resources more readily, while specia...
The overwhelming majority of flowering plant species depend on animals for pollination, and such pol...
The large majority of angiosperm species depend on animals for pollination, including many agricultu...
The large majority of angiosperm species depend on animals for pollination, including many agricultu...
Many tropical bats eat fruit, nectar, and pollen, and many tropical plants are pollinated or dispers...
Plant-pollinator interactions are great model systems to investigate mutualistic relationships. We c...
Plant-pollinator interactions are great model systems to investigate mutualistic relationships. We c...
Plant-pollinator interactions are great model systems to investigate mutualistic relationships. We c...
Plant-pollinator interactions are great model systems to investigate mutualistic relationships. We c...
Plant-pollinator interactions are great model systems to investigate mutualistic relationships. We c...
Plant–pollinator interactions are critical to ecosystems. However, when artificial nectar feeders ar...
Plant–pollinator interactions are critical to ecosystems. However, when artificial nectar feeders ar...
Plant–pollinator interactions are critical to ecosystems. However, when artificial nectar feeders ar...
Background and Aims Sympatric plant species that share pollinators potentially compete for pollinati...