Reversible size-changes in stomachs of shorebirds: When, to what extent, and why?

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 175-181

  Piersma, Theunis ^a,b   Dietz, Maurine W ^b   Dekinga, Anne ^a   Nebel, Silke ^a,c   Van Gils, Jan ^a,b   Battley, Phil F ^d   Spaans, Bernard ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diet; Flexible organ size; Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris; Migration; Red Knot Calidris canutus; Stomach

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA;

EID: 0033492404     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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