Establishing elemental turnover in exercising birds using a wind tunnel: Implications for stable isotope tracking of migrants

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 703-708

  Hobson, Keith A ^a   Yohannes, Elizabeth ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METABOLISM; NUTRIENTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TISSUE; WIND TUNNELS;

BLOOD CELLULAR FRACTION; CARBON ELEMENTAL TURNOVER; CONTROL GROUPS;

BIRDS;

CONDITIONING; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METABOLISM; MIGRATORY POPULATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; WIND TUNNEL;

AVES; STURNUS ROSEUS;

EID: 34548185952     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z07-051     Document Type: Article

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