Modelling phenotypic flexibility: An optimality analysis of gizzard size in Red Knots Calidris canutus

Ardea

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 409-420

  Van Gils, Jan A ^a,b,c   Piersma, Theunis ^a,b   Dekinga, Anne ^a   Battley, Phil F ^a,d  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Calidris canutus; Digestive constraint; Gizzard; Migration; Optimisation; Phenotypic flexibility

Indexed keywords

DIET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENERGY BUDGET; MIGRATORY POPULATION; OPTIMIZATION; PHENOTYPE; WADER;

AVES; CALIDRIS CANUTUS;

EID: 33645833138     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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