Implications of floral orientation for flight kinematics and metabolic expenditure of hover-feeding hummingbirds

Functional Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 227-235

  Sapir, Nir ^a   Dudley, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Body angle; Calypte anna; Head flexion; Mass specific metabolic rate; Pendent flowers; Respirometry; Wingbeat kinematics

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY SHAPE; FEEDING; FLIGHT; FLORAL TRAIT; KINEMATICS; METABOLISM; NATURAL SELECTION; NECTAR; ORNITHOPHILY;

ANNA; CALYPTE ANNA; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 84873090471     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12024     Document Type: Article

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