Landscape-scale physiology: Site differences in refueling rates indicated by plasma metabolite analysis in free-living migratory sandpipers

Auk

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 563-574

  Acevedo Seaman, Dana A ^a,d   Guglielmo, Christopher G ^b,e   Elner, Robert W ^c   Williams, Tony D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calidris mauri; Fattening rate; Geographic variation; Plasma metabolites; Western sandpipers

Indexed keywords

BIRD; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; METABOLITE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

AVES; CALIDRIS MAURI; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 33646552402     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2006)123[563:LPSDIR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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