Intake Responses in nectar feeding birds: Digestive and metabolic causes, osmoregulatory consequences, and coevolutionary effects

American Zoologist

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 902-915

  Rio, Carlos Martínez Del ^a   Schondube, Jorge E ^b   McWhorter, Todd J ^b   Herrera, L Gerardo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

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EID: 33745974596     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/41.4.902     Document Type: Article

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