Empirical evidence for differential organ reductions during trans-oceanic bird flight

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1439, 2000, Pages 191-195

  Battley, Phil F ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^b,c   Dietz, Maurine W ^c   Tang, Sixian ^d   Dekinga, Anne ^b   Hulsman, Kees ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Birds; Calidris tenuirostris; Migration; Phenotypic flexibility; Physiology; Waders

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; ENERGY USE; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; MIGRATION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIRD; BRAIN; CHINA; HOMEOSTASIS; LIPID STORAGE; LUNG; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AVES; CALIDRIS TENUIROSTRIS; SCOLOPACIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034700850     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.0986     Document Type: Article

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