Of Hummingbirds and Helicopters: Hovering Costs, Competitive Ability, and Foraging Strategies

American Naturalist

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 16-25

  Altshuler, Douglas L ^a,e   Stiles, F Gary ^b,c   Dudley, Robert ^a,d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral ecology; Energetics; Flight; Hovering; Hummingbird; Wing morphology

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BIRD; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLYING; FORELIMB; GENETIC SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIRDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SELECTION (GENETICS); SOCIAL DOMINANCE; WING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 1242298919     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/380511     Document Type: Article

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