Altitude and temperature effects on the energetic cost of hover-feeding in migratory rufous hummingbirds, Selasphorus rufus

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 161-169

  Welch Jr , Kenneth C ^a,b   Suarez, Raul K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BIRD; ENERGETICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY SPECIES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOREGULATION; WING MORPHOLOGY;

SELASPHORUS; SELASPHORUS RUFUS; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 41949120274     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z07-127     Document Type: Article

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