Ecuador: The Length of the Peak Makes Hummingbirds More Fragile in the Face of Deforestation

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The specialization of pollinators, including hummingbirds, crucial to the stability of plant-pollinating interactions, may be affected by habitat loss and fragmentation; however, the pathways that induce these changes are little known. The objective of this study is to understand the underlying factors by which habitat loss, fragmentation and vegetation structure modify the specialization of hummingbird species and, consequently, influence the r…