Variation in body condition of breeding Savi's Warblers Locustella luscinioides: The reproductive stress and flight adaptation hypothesis revisited

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 201-210

  Neto, Júlio Manuel ^a,b   Gosler, Andrew G ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b Ecology Building   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body condition; Fat; Muscle; Physiological stress; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIRD; BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; BREEDING SEASON; FAT; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

AVES; LOCUSTELLA LUSCINIOIDES;

EID: 77952955311     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-009-0444-9     Document Type: Article

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