Basal metabolic rate and the mass of tissues differing in metabolic scope: Migration-related covariation between individual Knots Calidris canutus

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 215-224

  Weber, Thomas P ^a,b   Piersma, Theunis ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIDRIS CANUTUS;

EID: 0030472795     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3677225     Document Type: Article

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