Effect of experimentally altered food abundance on fat reserves of wintering birds

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 822-830

  Rogers, Christopher M ^a   Heath Coss, Rejeana ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive fat regulation; Fitness surrogate; Food supply; Non breeding ecology; Visible subcutaneous fat

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AVIFAUNA; FAT RESERVE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; OVERWINTERING;

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITRINAE; AVES; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0042196222     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2003.00754.x     Document Type: Article

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