The energy economy of the arctic-breeding Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla): A review

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 765-770

  Bech, C ^a   Langseth, I ^a   Moe, B ^a   Fyhn, M ^b,c   Gabrielsen, G W ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

BMR; Breeding; Energetics; Energy expenditure; FMR; Kittiwake; Rissa tridactyla

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BREEDING; CHICKEN; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEEDING; FOOD REGURGITATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; KIDNEY MASS; LIVER WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; REARING; ANIMAL; ARCTIC; BIRD; METABOLISM; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BASAL METABOLISM; BIRDS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0036849683     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(02)00153-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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