Energy management on a nectar diet: Can sunbirds meet the challenges of low temperature and dilute food?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1241-1251

  Köhler, Angela ^a   Verburgt, Luke ^a   McWhorter, Todd J ^b   Nicolson, Susan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Compensatory feeding; Digestive capacity modelling; Feeding frequency; Nectar concentration; Physiological constraint; Sugar assimilation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DIET; ENERGY BALANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; NECTAR; OSMOREGULATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SONGBIRD; SUGAR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; NECTARINIIDAE;

EID: 78649591817     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01728.x     Document Type: Article

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