Metabolic routing of dietary nutrients in birds: Effects of dietary lipid concentration on δ13C of depot fat and its ecological implications

Auk

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 916-925

  Podlesak, David W ^a,b   McWilliams, Scott R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Depot fat; Migration; Songbirds; Stable isotopes; Stopover

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON ISOTOPE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUIT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LIPID; METABOLISM; SONGBIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOPOVER;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DENDROICA CORONATA; PASSERI;

EID: 34547805182     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[916:MRODNI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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