Guts don't fly: Small digestive organs in obese Bar-tailed Godwits

Auk

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 196-203

  Piersma, Theunis ^a,b   Gill Jr , Robert E ^c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAR-TAILED GODWIT; DIGESTIVE ORGAN; FAT RESERVE; MIGRATORY BIRD;

ALASKA; NEW ZEALAND; USA;

LIMOSA LAPPONICA BAUERI; LIMOSA LAPPONICA LAPPONICA;

EID: 0031906999     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089124     Document Type: Article

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