Sex differences in digestive traits in sexually size-dimorphic birds: Insights from an assimilation efficiency experiment on Black-tailed Godwit

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 565-568

  Santiago Quesada, Francisco ^a   Masero, José A ^a   Albano, Noelia ^a   Villegas, Auxiliadora ^a   Sánchez Guzmán, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assimilation efficiency; Black tailed Godwit; Digestive traits; Rice seeds; Sexual dimorphism; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; LIMOSA LIMOSA; LIMOSA LIMOSA LIMOSA;

EID: 60449089234     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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