Strategic size changes of internal organs and muscle tissue in the Bar-tailed Godwit during fat storage on a spring stopover site

Functional Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-159

  Landys Ciannelli, M M ^a   Piersma, T ^b,c   Jukema, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body composition; Fattening; Lean body mass; Migration; Refuelling; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY;

AVES; LIMOSA; LIMOSA LAPPONICA;

EID: 0038402474     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2003.00715.x     Document Type: Article

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