Field Flight Dynamics of Hummingbirds during Territory Encroachment and Defense.

Hummingbirds are known to defend food resources such as nectar sources from encroachment by competitors (including conspecifics). These competitive intraspecific interactions provide an opportunity to quantify the biomechanics of hummingbird flight performance during ecologically relevant natural be...

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Main Authors: Katherine M Sholtis, Ryan M Shelton, Tyson L Hedrick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0125659