Cue use affects resource subdivision among three coexisting hummingbird species

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 550-559

  Sandlin, Elizabeth A ^a,b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Archilochus alexandri; Color cues; Competition; Eugenes fulgens; Foraging; Hummingbirds; Ideal free distribution; Isoleg theory; Lampornis clemenciae; Learning

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FOOD QUALITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LEARNING;

ARCHILOCHUS ALEXANDRI; EUGENES FULGENS; LAMPORNIS CLEMENCIAE;

EID: 0033815410     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/11.5.550     Document Type: Article

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