How to get fat: Nutritional mechanisms of seasonal fat accumulation in migratory songbirds

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-10

  Bairlein, Franz ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

AVIFAUNA; FAT RESERVE; MIGRATORY SPECIES;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENERGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLYING; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OBESITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 0036164481     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-001-0279-6     Document Type: Review

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