Growth and energy requirements of captive-reared Common Loon (Gavia immer) chicks

Auk

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1158-1167

  Fournier, François ^a,d   Karasov, William H ^a   Kenow, Kevin P ^b   Meyer, Michael W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allocation; Common Loon; Digestion; Gavia immer; Growth; Metabolizable energy; Production; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; BODY MASS; CAPTIVE BREEDING; DIGESTION; ENERGY; FLEDGING; GROWTH RATE; METABOLISM; REARING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESPIRATION; WATERFOWL;

AVES; GAVIA IMMER;

EID: 36448972314     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[1158:GAEROC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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