Temporal-spatial segregation among hummingbirds foraging on honeydew in a temperate forest in Mexico

Current Zoology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-62

  Lara, Carlos ^a   Martínez García, Vanessa ^a   Ortiz Pulido, Raúl ^b   Bravo Cadena, Jessica ^b   Loranca, Salvador ^c   Córdoba Aguilar, Alex ^d  

^a CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Honeydew; Hummingbirds; M xico; Nectarivory; Niche partitioning

Indexed keywords

ATTHIS; AVES; COLIBRI THALASSINUS; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; EUGENES FULGENS; HEXAPODA; HYLOCHARIS LEUCOTIS; MARGARODIDAE; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 78651485604     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/57.1.56     Document Type: Article

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