Food ingestion and water turnover in hummingbirds: How much dietary water is absorbed?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 2851-2858

  McWhorter, Todd J ^a,b   Martínez Del Rio, Carlos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Food ingestion; Hummingbird; Nectar; Osmoregulation; Selasphorus platycercus; Water turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344718638     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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