Short-term energy regulation of whitebellied sunbirds (Nectarinia talatala): effects of food concentration on feeding frequency and duration

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Journal of Experimental Biology

• Publication date

  2006-08-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1242/jeb.02326PMID 16857871
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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