Diurnal variation of metabolic responses to short-term fasting in passerine birds during the postbreeding, molting and migratory periodl

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 113-122

  Jenni Eiermann, Susanne ^a   Jenni, Lukas ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

diurnal course; fasting; free fatty acids; migration; molt; triglycerides, uric acid; hydroxy butyrate

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0030959918     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370229     Document Type: Article

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