Flowers and Feathers: The Importance of Birds as Pollinators
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This is Episode 90 and it\\u2019s all about the importance of birds as plant pollinators.
If I had to use only one word for the topic of this episode, it would be ornithophily. The definition of ornithophily is \\u201cthe pollination of flowers by birds.\\u201d
Today, I\\u2019ll be focusing mostly on the ecological relationships between plants and the birds that pollinate them. Another way to look at all of this would be through the lens of evolution\\u2014the fascinating ways that plants and birds have co-evolved with respect to pollination.
I\\u2019ll make another podcast episode, at some point, about bird and plant co-evolution. We\\u2019ll touch on it today, but the main focus is ecology.\\xa0
Pollination ecology is actually an entire subdiscipline that many scientists have dedicated their careers to studying. It\\u2019s really interesting stuff!
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