Nutritional condition and serum biochemistry for free-living Swainson's Hawks wintering in central Argentina

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 697-701

  Sarasola, José Hernán ^a   Negro, Juan José ^a   Travaini, Alejandro ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b Ccntro de Invest de Puerto Deseado   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Buteo swainsoni; Cholesterol; Migration; Nutritional condition; Serum chemistry; Swainson's Hawk; Triglyceride; Urea; Uric acid; Wintering grounds

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA; URIC ACID;

AGE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; BUTEO BUTEO; BUTEO SWAINSONI; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MIGRATION; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; WINTER;

ACCIPITRINAE; AVES; BUTEO; BUTEO BUTEO; BUTEO SWAINSONI; RAPTORES;

EID: 16544367465     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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