Reproductive behavior and communication in blue-throated hummingbirds

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 197-209

  Ficken, Millicent Sigler ^a   Rusch, Kathryn M ^a,c   Taylor, Sandra J ^b   Powers, Donald R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c George Fox Univ ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONG;

LAMPORNIS; LAMPORNIS CLEMENCIAE; PASSERIFORMES; RIPARIA; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 0036625868     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/0043-5643(2002)114[0197:RBACIB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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