Risk indifference in white-eared hummingbirds (Hylocharis leucotis) confronting multiple foraging options

Fuente: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Resumen: Variations in the quality or quantity of a food source determines if an animal takes the risk of spendingenergy searching for or eating it. Hummingbirds have been traditionally catalogued as risk-averse foragers. However,the inclusion of more than 2 options in a foraging set for risk-sensit...

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Main Authors: Lara, Carlos, Gómez, Leticia, Valero, Alejandra, Ortiz Pulido, Raúl, Castillo Guevara, Citlalli
Format: Artículo de Investigación
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Biología, UNAM 2013
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Instituto de Biología
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