Flexible remodeling of organ size during spring migration of the garden warbler (Sylvia borin)

Zoology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-106

  Bauchinger, Ulf ^a,b   Wohlmann, Anke ^b   Biebach, Herbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body composition; Long distance migration; Passerine; Phenotypic flexibility; Protein metabolism

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; SYLVIA BORIN;

EID: 20444391393     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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