Metabolic responses to diurnal feeding patterns during the postbreeding, moulting and migratory periods in passerine birds

Functional Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-80

  Jenni, L ^a   Jenni Eiermann, S ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Activity pattern; Bird migration; Fat metabolism; Glucose; Moult

Indexed keywords

ERITHACUS RUBECULA; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA; SYLVIA BORIN;

EID: 0030046643     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2390264     Document Type: Article

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