Basal metabolic rates of migrating waders in the Eurasian Arctic

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 87-92

  Lindström, Åke ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARENARIA INTERPRES; AVES; CALIDRIS ALBA; CALIDRIS ALPINA; CALIDRIS FERRUGINEA; CALIDRIS MINUTA; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0030857213     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3677098     Document Type: Article

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