Effect of food reductions on territorial behavior of purple-throated caribs

Condor

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 691-695

  Temeles, Ethan J ^a   Muir, Amanda B ^a   Slutsky, Elon B ^a   Vitousek, Maren N ^a  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eulampis jugularis; Foraging behavior; Heliconia; Hummingbird territoriality; Purple throated Carib

Indexed keywords

EULAMPIS; EULAMPIS JUGULARIS; HELICONIA; HELICONIA BIHAI; HELICONIA CARIBAEA;

EID: 4043060595     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7469     Document Type: Article

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