Daily energy expenditures of free-ranging Common Loon (Gavia immer) chicks

Auk

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1121-1126

  Fournier, François ^a,d   Karasov, William H ^a   Meyer, Michael W ^b   Kenow, Kevin P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; FOOD INTAKE;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

GAVIA IMMER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036823901     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/auk/119.4.1121     Document Type: Article

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