Estimating fat and protein fuel from fat and muscle scores in passerines

Ibis

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 640-653

  Salewski, Volker ^a,c   KÉry, Marc ^a   Herremans, Marc ^b   Liechti, Felix ^a   Jenni, Lukas ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Natuurpunt Studie   (Belgium)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body mass; Energy; Migration; Non invasive

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; ENERGY; FAT RESERVE; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; MIGRATION; MUSCLE; PASSERINE; PROTEIN;

ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; AVES; DASYNOTUS; HIPPOLAIS POLYGLOTTA; LUSCINIA MEGARHYNCHOS; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLLOSCOPUS; PHYLLOSCOPUS TROCHILUS; SALIX; SYLVIA BORIN; SYLVIA CANTILLANS; SYLVIA COMMUNIS; SYLVIA HORTENSIS;

EID: 70349421157     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00950.x     Document Type: Article

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