A field validation of plasma metabolite profiling to assess refueling performance of migratory birds

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 116-125

  Guglielmo, Christopher G ^a,b   Cerasale, David J ^a   Eldermire, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLYCEROL; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BIOENERGETICS; FIELD METHOD; METABOLITE; PASSERINE; PLASMA; STOPOVER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BIOASSAY; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BUTYRATES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; GLYCEROL; ONTARIO; PASSERIFORMES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TRIGLYCERIDES;

CANADA; LONG POINT; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; CATHARUS GUTTATUS; PASSERIFORMES; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS; ZONOTRICHIA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 14344253332     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/425198     Document Type: Review

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