Gilbert: Biodiversity

TABLE 18-1. Feeding Response of Rufous-Tailed Jacamars to Free-Flying Heliconiines at Sirena*

	Heliconiine Species	Total	Eaten	% Eaten	Rank
	Philaethria dido	12	12	1.00	1
	Dryas julia	24	22	0.92	2
	Dryadula phaetusa	16	14	0.88	3
	Agraulis vanillae	12	9	0.75	4
P^b	Heliconius charitonia	24	15	0.63	5
	Eueides isabella	8	4	0.50	6
	Eueides lybia	33	13	0.39	7
	Eueides aliphera	36	14	0.39	8
	Dione juno	44	9	0.20	9
P	Heliconius melpomene	20	2	0.10	10
P	Heliconius ismenius	42	2	0.05	11
P	Laparus doris	35	0	0.00	12
P	Heliconius cydno	2	0	0.00	13
P	Heliconius pachinus	22	0	0.00	14
P	Heliconius erato	32	0	0.00	15
P	Heliconius hecalesia	3	0	0.00	16
P	Heliconius hecale	30	0	0.00	17
P	Heliconius sara	6	0	0.00	18
P	Heliconius hewitsoni	19	0	0.00	19

*Data extracted from Chai (1990). P^b = pollen feeding. Pollen feeders are different from nonpollen feeders. Mann-Whitney U test p < 0.001