High daily energy expenditure of incubating shorebirds on High Arctic tundra: A circumpolar study

Functional Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 356-362

  Piersma, T ^a,b   Lindstrom A ^a,c   Drent, R H ^b   Tulp, I ^d   Jukema, J ^d,e   Morrison, R I G ^f   Reneerkens, J ^a,b   Schekkerman, H ^d,g   Visser, G H ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Found Working Grp Intl W   (Netherlands)

^e Environment Canada ^*  (Netherlands)

^f ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^g WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allometry; Body size; Doubly labelled water; Energy budget; Field metabolic rate

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOENERGETICS; BODY SIZE; INCUBATION; METABOLISM; WADER;

CANADA; EURASIA;

AVES; CALIDRIS CANUTUS; SCOLOPACIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038419605     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2003.00741.x     Document Type: Article

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