How do Purple Sandpipers Calidris maritima survive the winter north of the Arctic circle?

Ardea

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-58

  Summers, Ron W ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^b,d   Strann, Karl Birger ^c   Wiersma, Popko ^d  

^a Lismore   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body composition; Calidris maritima; Energetics; Foraging; Metabolic rate; Storage strategies

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; OVERWINTERING; SURVIVAL; THERMOREGULATION; WADER;

NORWAY;

CALIDRIS MARITIMA;

EID: 0031854503     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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