Shorebirds' seasonal adjustments in thermogenic capacity are reflected by changes in body mass: How preprogrammed and instantaneous acclimation work together

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 394-408

  Vézina, Franois ^a,b   Dekinga, Anne ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY WEIGHT; CHARADRIIFORMES; COLD; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; NETHERLANDS; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOGENESIS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY WEIGHT; CHARADRIIFORMES; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; THERMOGENESIS;

AVES; CALIDRIS CANUTUS;

EID: 80051778052     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icr044     Document Type: Conference Paper

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