Gizzard and other lean mass components increase, yet basal metabolic rates decrease, when red knots Calidris canutus are shifted from soft to hard-shelled food

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 99-104

  Piersma, Theunis ^c   Gessaman, James A ^a   Dekinga, Anne ^c   Visser, G Henk ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; METABOLISM; WADER;

AVES; BIVALVIA; CALIDRIS; CALIDRIS CANUTUS; FRAXINUS; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; SALMONIDAE; SCOLOPACIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642362604     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2004.03259.x     Document Type: Article

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