Interference competition between sunbirds and carpanter bees for the nectar of Hypoestes aristata

0425767 - BC 2014 RIV ZA eng J - Journal Article
Tropek, Robert - Bartoš, Michael - Padyšáková, Eliška - Janeček, Štěpán
Interference competition between sunbirds and carpanter bees for the nectar of Hypoestes aristata.
African Zoology. Roč. 48, č. 2 (2013), s. 392-394. ISSN 1562-7020. E-ISSN 2224-073X
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GAP505/11/1617
Grant - others:GA JU(CZ) 144/2010/P; GA JU(CZ) 136/2010/P; GA JU(CZ) 168/2013/P; GA JU(CZ) 156/2013/P
Institutional support: RVO:60077344 ; RVO:67985939
Keywords : Africa * behaviour * Cameroon
Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour
Impact factor: 0.848, year: 2013
http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.3377/004.048.0222

We observed aggressive behaviour by African sunbirds (Cinnyris reichenowi and Cinnyris bouvieri) defending the nectar plant Hypoestes aristata against carpenter bees (Xylocopa caffra and Xylocopa inconstans) in the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon. During 200 hours of observation, we recorded 38 cases of the sunbirds attacking carpenter bees; all these intrusions occurred only in the flower-richest patches of the plant.
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