Ambient temperature does not affect fuelling rate in absence of digestive constraints in long-distance migrant shorebird fuelling up in captivity

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 847-856

  Petit, Magali ^a,c   Vézina, François ^a,c   Piersma, Theunis ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate; Cold acclimation; Digestive constraint; Fat deposition rate; Heat load

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; CHARADRIIFORMES; CLIMATE; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; TEMPERATURE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHARADRIIFORMES; CLIMATE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE;

AVES; CALIDRIS CANUTUS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 77954527724     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-010-0463-0     Document Type: Article

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