Fueling incubation: Differential use of body stores in arctic- and temperate-breeding Barnacle Geese (Branta leucopsis)

Auk

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 162-172

  Elchhorn, Götz ^a,c   Van Der Jeugd, Henk P ^b   Meijer, Harro A J ^a   Drent, Rudolf R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Barnacle Goose; Body mass; Body stores; Branta leucopsis; Cost of reproduction; Incubation; Latitude; Range expansion

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BREEDING POPULATION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; INCUBATION; REPRODUCTION; SEABIRD; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BARENTS SEA; NORTH SEA;

ANSER; AVES; BRANTA LEUCOPSIS; THORACICA;

EID: 76249085621     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.09057     Document Type: Article

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