Hummingbirds pay a high cost for a warm drink

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 455-462

  Lotz, C N ^a   Martinez Del Rio C ^a   Nicolson, S W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Food warming; Nectar; Nectar concentration; Nectar temperature; Rufous hummingbird

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALORIMETRY; DRINKING; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE TEST; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BIRDS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; DRINKING; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE TEST; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SUCROSE; THERMOGENESIS; WATER;

EID: 0042286549     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-003-0346-8     Document Type: Article

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