Nectar dilution increases metabolic rate in the Lesser Double-collared Sunbird

Condor

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 672-675

  Lotz, Chris N ^a   Nicolson, Sue W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Lesser Double collared Sunbird; Metabolic rate; Nectar concentration; Nectarinia chalybea

Indexed keywords

ANTHREPTES COLLARIS; AVES; NECTARINIA; NECTARINIA CHALYBEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036328997     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2002)104[0672:NDIMRI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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