Blackcap warblers maintain digestive efficiency by increasing digesta retention time on the first day of migratory stopover

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 541-548

  Bauchinger, Ulf ^e   Kolb, Harald ^a   Afik, Danny ^b   Pinshow, Berry ^c   Biebach, Herbert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Ben Gurion University of the Negev ^*  (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FOOD INTAKE; LABORATORY METHOD; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SONGBIRD; STOPOVER;

AFRICA; SAHARA;

AVES; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FLYING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; SONGBIRDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70350166983     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/603638     Document Type: Article

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