Foraging behaviour of the Scale-throated Hermit Phaethornis eurynome Lesson, 1832 (Aves, Trochilidae) in Vriesea incurvata Gaudich (Bromeliaceae);Comportamento alimentar de Phaethornis eurynome Lesson, 1832 (Aves, Trochilidae) em Vriesea incurvata Gaudich (Bromeliaceae)

Brazilian Journal of Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 311-314

  Silva, B G ^a   Piratelli, A J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Bromeliaceae; Foraging behaviour; Phaethornis eurynome

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BROMELIACEAE; CLASSIFICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NECTAR; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BROMELIACEAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERS; PLANT NECTAR; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS;

EID: 84907331251     PISSN: 15196984     EISSN: 16784375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.15512     Document Type: Article

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