Plasma metabolites and migration physiology of semipalmated sandpipers: Refueling performance at five latitudes

Oecologia

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 417-427

  Lyons, James E ^a,c   Collazo, Jaime A ^a   Guglielmo, Christopher G ^b,d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

OH butyrate; Calidris pusilla; Glycerol; Phospholipid; Triglyceride

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLYCEROL; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

HABITAT QUALITY; METABOLITE; MIGRATION; PHOSPHOLIPID; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA; SAND; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WADER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHARADRIIFORMES; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIPID METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BUTYRATES; CHARADRIIFORMES; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GLYCEROL; LIPID METABOLISM; NEW JERSEY; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; TIME FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GREATER ANTILLES; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; CALIDRIS PUSILLA;

EID: 41149138301     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0921-x     Document Type: Article

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