A field study of spatial memory in green-backed firecrown hummingbirds (Sephanoides sephaniodes)

Ethology

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 790-795

  González Gómez, Paulina L ^a   Vásquez, Rodrigo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXPLOITATION; FIELD METHOD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; NECTAR;

AVES; SEPHANOIDES SEPHANIODES; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 33745905351     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01223.x     Document Type: Article

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