Fuel stores of juvenile waders on autumn migration in high arctic Canada

Ardea

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 93-101

  Lindström, Åke ^a,b   Klaassen, Marcel ^c   Piersma, Theunis ^a,d   Holmgren, Noel ^e   Wennerberg, Liv ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arctic Canada; Body mass; Fuel deposition; Migration; Waders

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; FAT RESERVE; MIGRATION; WADER;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; CALIDRIS; CALIDRIS BAIRDII; CALIDRIS FUSCICOLLIS; CALIDRIS PUSILLA; SCOLOPACIDAE; TRYNGITES SUBRUFICOLLIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0012402737     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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