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C. T. Downs

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A. Rico-Guevara· 1 shared C. H. Fleming· 1 shared C. Wang-Claypool· 1 shared D. Cuban· 1 shared F. Brau· 1 shared J. M. Alston· 1 shared J. M. Calabrese· 1 shared J. P. Streicher· 1 shared

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A novel feeding mechanism: Sunbirds drink nectar via intralingual suction

D. Cuban, C. Wang-Claypool, Y. Dalimunthe, C. T. Downs, R. C. K. Bowie, F. Brau, S. Johnson, A. Rico-Guevara

This study reveals that sunbirds use intralingual suction to drink nectar, a unique mechanism not found in other animals.

bioRxiv · May 14, 2024 · PreprintBiophysics

Mitigating pseudoreplication and bias in resource selection functions with autocorrelation-informed weighting

J. M. Alston, C. H. Fleming, R. Kays, J. P. Streicher, C. T. Downs, T. Ramesh, J. M. Calabrese

This paper introduces a method to improve resource selection functions by weighting animal locations based on autocorrelation, reducing bias and improving confidence intervals in ecological studies.

bioRxiv · Apr 21, 2022Ecology