Reproductive biology of the violet-chested hummingbird in Venezuela and comparisons with other tropical and temperate hummingbirds

Condor

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 680-685

  Fierro Calderón, Karolina ^a   Martin, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Reproductive biology; Sternoclyta cyanopectus; Tropical hummingbirds

Indexed keywords

STERNOCLYTA CYANOPECTUS; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 34548421418     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/8305.1     Document Type: Article

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