Sugar preferences of the green-backed firecrown hummingbird (Sephanoides sephaniodes): A field experiment

Auk

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-66

  Chalcoff, Virginia R ^a   Aien, Marcelo A ^a   Galetto, Leonado ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^b Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Vegetal   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Environmental temperature; Green backed Firecrown Hummingbird; Sephanoides sephaniodes; Sex; Sugar preferences; Temperate forest of southern South America

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FOOD PREFERENCE; NECTAR; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; SUCROSE; TEMPERATE FOREST; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

SOUTH AMERICA;

SEPHANOIDES SEPHANIODES; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 67649791908     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2008.125.1.60     Document Type: Article

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