Response of a traplining hummingbird to changes in nectar availability

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 714-725

  Garrison, Jennifer S E ^a,b   Gass, Clifton Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging behavior; Hummingbirds; Nectarivore; Phaethornis longirostris; Phaethornis superciliosus; Trapline

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWER VISITING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; NECTARIVORY;

ANIMALIA; APODIFORMES; PHAETHORNIS; PHAETHORNIS LONGIROSTRIS; PHAETHORNIS SUPERCILIOSUS; TROCHILIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033370906     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/10.6.714     Document Type: Article

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