Reduced basal metabolic rate of migratory waders wintering in coastal Africa

Ardea

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-80

  Kersten, Marcel ^a,b,d   Bruinzeel, Leo W ^a   Wiersma, Popko ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Ministry of Transport Public Works and Water Management Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

BMR; Body composition; Body mass regulation; Charadriiformes; Energy expenditure; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

METABOLISM; OVERWINTERING; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WADER;

AFRICA;

CHARADRIIFORMES;

EID: 0031829507     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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