The use of plasma metabolites to predict weekly body-mass change in red knots

Condor

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-99

  Dietz, Maurine W ^a   Jenni Eiermann, Susanne ^b   Piersma, Theunis ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

hydroxybutyrate; Body mass change; Calidris canutus; Fueling rate; Plasma metabolite; Red Knot; Shorebird; Triglyceride; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

AVES; CALIDRIS CANUTUS;

EID: 67650267141     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2009.080112     Document Type: Article

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