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Behavioural correlates of drinking speed in two West African sunbird species

Petra Janečkováa Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech RepublicCorrespondence[email protected]
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Zuzana Sejfováa Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic;b Department of Taxonomy, Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czech RepublicORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6889-2576View further author information
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Štěpán Janečeka Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech RepublicORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1285-6490View further author information
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Kryštof Chmela Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech RepublicORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1524-8880View further author information
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Eliška Chmelováa Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech RepublicORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3994-2161View further author information
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Francis Luma Ewomea Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech RepublicView further author information
Pages 540-542 | Received 04 Sep 2020, Accepted 18 Dec 2020, Published online: 05 May 2021

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