Growth and energetics of a small shorebird species in a cold environment: The little stint Calidris minuta on the Taimyr Peninsula, Siberia

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 552-563

  Tjørve, Kathleen M C ^a,b   Schekkerman, Hans ^c,d   Tulp, Ingrid ^c   Underhill, Leslie G ^a   De Leeuw, Joep J ^c   Visser, G Henk ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Research Group   (Norway)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BREEDING SITE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WADER;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TAYMYR; TAYMYR PENINSULA;

AVES; CALIDRIS MINUTA;

EID: 34548581980     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0908-8857.04014.x     Document Type: Article

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