Resource value affects territorial defense by Broad-tailed and Rufous hummingbirds

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 120-125

  Camfield, Alaine F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Broad tailed Hummingbird; Food quality; Rufous hummingbird; Selasphorous platycercus; Selasphorous rufus; Territorial defense

Indexed keywords

PLATYCERCUS; SELASPHORUS; SELASPHORUS PLATYCERCUS; SELASPHORUS RUFUS; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 33646577472     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: 15579263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1557-9263.2006.00031.x     Document Type: Article

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