Variation in energy intake and basal metabolic rate of a bird migrating in a wind tunnel

Functional Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 352-359

  Lindstrom A ^a   Klaassen, M ^b,c   Kvist, A ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body mass increase; Intra individual variation; Luscinia luscinia; Stopover ecology; Thrush Nightingale

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; ENERGY USE; METABOLISM; MIGRATION; PASSERINE;

LUSCINIA LUSCINIA;

EID: 0032814207     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00320.x     Document Type: Article

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