Influence of diet on fatty-acid composition of depot fat in Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri)

Auk

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 337-345

  Egeler, Oliver ^a,b   Seaman, Dana ^a   Williams, Tony D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MediGene   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FAT RESERVE; FATTY ACID; WADER;

AVES; CALIDRIS; CALIDRIS MAURI; SCOLOPACIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037804098     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/auk/120.2.337     Document Type: Article

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