Concepts
9 concepts
measurement
foraging efficiency
A measure of how successful a bird is at food acquisition, quantified through observations as foraging rate (number of forages divided by time observed)
measurement
sex ratio
Population parameter measuring the relative frequency of males and females, specifically operational sex ratio of flowering individuals
measurement
fruit set
measurement
herkogamy
measurement
conspecific density
The number of flowering individuals of the same species in the local area during an individual's peak bloom
measurement
provision weight
measurement
style length
measurement
handling time
measurement
handling time
The duration a pollinator spends foraging on each flower, calculated by dividing total foraging bout duration by number of flowers visited