Gluttony in migratory waders - Unprecedented energy assimilation rates in vertebrates

Oikos

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 397-402

  Kvist, Anders ^a   Lindström, Åke ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; BIOENERGETICS; FOOD INTAKE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; WADER;

ANIMALIA; SCOLOPACIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0345015419     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12259.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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