Understanding the energetic costs of living in saline environments: Effects of salinity on basal metabolic rate, body mass and daily energy consumption of a long-distance migratory shorebird

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 829-835

  Gutiérrez, Jorge S ^a   Masero, José A ^a   Abad Gómez, José M ^a   Villegas, Auxiliadora ^a   Sánchez Guzmán, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Annual cycle; Basal metabolic rate; Calidris alpina; Dunlin; Energetic cost; Migration; Osmoregulation; Phenotypic flexibility; Shorebird

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY WEIGHT; CHARADRIIFORMES; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SALT TOLERANCE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY WEIGHT; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENERGY METABOLISM; SALT-TOLERANCE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

AVES; CALIDRIS ALPINA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79951803565     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.048223     Document Type: Article

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