Interplay between the energetics of foraging and thermoregulatory costs in the green-backed firecrown hummingbird Sephanoides sephaniodes

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 258, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 319-326

  Fernández, María José ^a   López Calleja, M Victoria ^a   Bozinovic, Francisco ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cost of feeding; Hummingbirds; Sephanoides sephaniodes; Time and energy use

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENERGETICS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION;

SEPHANOIDES SEPHANIODES;

EID: 0036854741     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836902001450     Document Type: Article

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