Quantitative magnetic resonance analysis and a morphometric predictive model reveal lean body mass changes in migrating Nearctic-Neotropical passerines

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

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 413-421

  Seewagen, Chad L ^a,b   Guglielmo, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Nearctic neotropical migrant; Protein catabolism; Stopover refueling; Urban habitat

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY COMPOSITION; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SONGBIRD;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEINS; SONGBIRDS;

AVES; CATHARUS GUTTATUS; DUMETELLA CAROLINENSIS; PASSERIFORMES; SEIURUS; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS; ZONOTRICHIA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 79952659544     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-010-0534-2     Document Type: Article

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