Rapid reversible changes in organ size as a component of adaptive behaviour

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 134-138

  Piersma, Theunis ^a,b   Lindström, Åke ^c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; MAMMAL; METABOLIC PHYSIOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; REPTILE;

EID: 0031106984     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(97)01003-3     Document Type: Review

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