Endogenous circannual rhythmicity in body mass, molt, and plumage of great knots (Calidris tenuirostris)

Auk

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 140-148

  Piersma, Theunis ^a,b   Brugge, Maarten ^a   Spaans, Bernard ^a   Battley, Phil F ^c,d  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Calidris tenuirostris; Circannual rhythms; Great Knot; Modularity; Phenotype; Photoperiod; Seasonality; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; MOLT; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPERIOD; PLUMAGE; SEASONALITY; WADER;

AVES; CALIDRIS TENUIROSTRIS;

EID: 67649831245     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2008.125.1.140     Document Type: Article

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