A new dimension to hummingbird - Flower relationships

Oecologia

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 517-523

  Temeles, Ethan J ^a,b  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding adaptation; Foraging behavior; Hummingbirds; Plant pollinator interactions; Trochilidae

Indexed keywords

ARCHILOCHUS COLUBRIS;

EID: 0030063047     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00330015     Document Type: Article

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