Nectar intake and foraging efficiency: Responses of honeyeaters and hummingbirds to variations in floral environments

Auk

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 574-587

  Collins, Brian G ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foraging efficiency; Honeyeaters; Hummingbirds; Licking; Nectar intake

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FLOWER; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NECTAR;

MELIPHAGIDAE; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 66149130457     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2008.07070     Document Type: Article

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