Effects of feeding time constraints on body mass regulation and energy expenditure in wintering dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 766-775

  Kelly, John P ^a   Weathers, Wesley W ^b  

^a Cypress Grove Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass regulation; Calidris alpina; Dunlins; Energy balance; Food availability; Metabolism; Shorebirds; Winter storms

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; OVERWINTERING; WADER;

CALIFORNIA; TOMALES BAY; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CALIDRIS; CALIDRIS ALPINA; SCOLOPACIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036863914     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/13.6.766     Document Type: Article

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