Move that fatty acid: Fuel selection and transport in migratory birds and bats

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 336-345

  Guglielmo, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; BAT; BIRD; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLYING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIRDS; CHIROPTERA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACIDS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77956272421     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icq097     Document Type: Conference Paper

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