Flight performance and competitive displacement of hummingbirds across elevational gradients

American Naturalist

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 216-229

  Altshuler, Douglas L ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic power requirements; Burst performance; Community structure; Elevation; Flight behavior; Mechanistic approach

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BIRD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; FLYING; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; PERU; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TERRITORIALITY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COLORADO; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; PERU; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TERRITORIALITY; WING;

SELASPHORUS PLATYCERCUS; SELASPHORUS RUFUS; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 33144485268     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/498622     Document Type: Article

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