Burning the engine: A time-marching computation of fat and protein consumption in a 5420-km non-stop flight by great knots, Calidris tenuirostris

Oikos

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 323-332

  Pennycuick, C J ^a   Battley, Philip F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; FAT RESERVE; FLIGHT; MIGRATION; PROTEIN; WADER;

AVES; CALIDRIS TENUIROSTRIS; LIMOSA; LIMOSA LAPPONICA; SCOLOPACIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041840974     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12124.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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