Twofold seasonal variation in the supposedly constant, species-specific, ratio of upstroke to downstroke flight muscles in red knots Calidris canutus

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 536-540

  Piersma, Theunis ^a,b   Dietz, Maurine W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; BODY MASS; BREEDING SITE; FLIGHT; MUSCLE; PHENOTYPE; RAPTOR; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION; WADER;

AVES; CALIDRIS CANUTUS; RAPTORES; RODENTIA;

EID: 34548562340     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2007.04253.x     Document Type: Article

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