Changes in body composition during breeding: Reproductive strategies of three species of seabirds under poor environmental conditions

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-82

  Jacobs, Shoshanah R ^a   Edwards, Darryl B ^b   Ringrose, Julian ^a   Elliott, Kyle H ^c   Weber, Jean Michel ^a   Gaston, Anthony J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fasting endurance hypothesis; Hudson bay; Organ dynamics; Phenotypic flexibility; Programmed mass loss

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BREEDING; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; INCUBATION TIME; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; REPRODUCTION; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; SEABIRD; URIA LOMVIA;

FULMARUS GLACIALIS; LARIDAE; LARUS; PINGUINUS; PROCELLARIIDAE; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 78649632677     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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