Rufous hummingbird sucrose preference: Precision of selection varies with concentration

Condor

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 235-238

  Blem, Charles R ^a   Blem, Leann B ^a   Felix, Joel ^b   Van Gelder, Jennifer ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Rufous Hummingbird; Selasphorus rufus; Sugar preference

Indexed keywords

SELASPHORUS RUFUS;

EID: 0033965901     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370432     Document Type: Article

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