Hummingbirds' nectar concentration preferences at low volume: The importance of time scale

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 361-370

  Roberts, W Mark ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; SELASPHORUS RUFUS; TROCHILIDAE;

NECTAR; RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD;

EID: 0030201374     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0180     Document Type: Article

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