On the tongue of a hummingbird: Its role in the rate and energetics of feeding

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -- Part A: Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1973, Pages 65-78

  Hainsworth, F Reed ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 49549162095     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(73)90559-8     Document Type: Article

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