Thousands of plant species worldwide are dependent on birds for pollination. While the
ecology and evolution of interactions between specialist nectarivorous birds and the plants …

Bird pollination occurs in at least 10,000 plant species, representing more than 500 genera
and 68 families. Bird-pollinated plant species are found mainly in the tropics and temperate …

The bird pollination systems of the New and Old Worlds evolved independently, and differ in
many aspects. New World plants are often presented as those adapted to hovering birds …

Aim We review several aspects of the structure of regional and local assemblages of nectar‐
feeding birds and bats and their relationships with food plants to determine the extent to …

Abstract The Canary Islands are home to a guild of endemic, threatened bird pollinated
plants. Previous work has suggested that these plants evolved floral traits as adaptations to …

This paper addresses the question of how, and under what ecological circumstances, bird
pollination will be optimal for a plant, and which or how many of the available nectar-feeding …

Most flowering plants depend on animal pollination. Several animal groups, including many
birds, have specialized in exploiting floral nectar, while simultaneously pollinating the …

Nectarivorous birds and bird-pollinated plants are linked by a network of interactions. Here I
ask how these interactions influence evolution and community composition. I find near …

Many tropical plants are pollinated by birds and several bird phylogenetical lineages have
specialised to a nectar diet. The long‐assumed, intimate ecological and evolutionary …

Plant–bird pollination interactions evolved independently on different continents. Specific
adaptations can lead to their restriction when potential partners from distant evolutionary …