Memory for location and visual cues in white-eared hummingbirds Hylocharis leucotis

Current Zoology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 468-476

  Pérez, Guillermo ^a   Lara, Carlos ^b   Viccon Pale, José ^a   Signoret Poillon, Martha ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

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

Author keywords

Foraging; Location; Visual cues; White eared hummingbird

Indexed keywords

AVES; HYLOCHARIS; HYLOCHARIS LEUCOTIS; PENSTEMON; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 79958287523     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/57.4.468     Document Type: Article

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