How the presence of feeders affects the use of local floral resources by hummingbirds: A case study from Southern Arizona

Condor

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 786-791

  McCaffrey, Rachel E ^a   Wethington, Susan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Hummingbird Monitoring Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Banding; Calliandra californica; Feeder; Floral abundance; Hummingbirds; Population estimate; Southern Arizona

Indexed keywords

CALLIANDRA CALIFORNICA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 67649655789     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2008.8621     Document Type: Article

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