Performance-enhancing role of dietary fatty acids in a long-distance migrant shorebird: The semipalmated sandpiper

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 2686-2695

  Maillet, Dominique ^a   Weber, Jean Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bird migration; Calidris pusilla; Corophium volutator; Endurance exercise; Fat stores; Fatty acid metabolism; Membrane phospholipids; Nutrition; Sandpiper

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHARADRIIFORMES; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CHARADRIIFORMES; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

AVES; CALIDRIS PUSILLA; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33747055830     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02299     Document Type: Article

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