Simple, rapid, and non-invasive measurement of fat, lean, and total water masses of live birds using quantitative magnetic resonance

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 152, Issue 1 SUPPL, 2011, Pages

  Guglielmo, Christopher G ^a   McGuire, Liam P ^a   Gerson, Alexander R ^a   Seewagen, Chad L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body composition; Condition; Energetics; Lipid; Magnetic resonance; Validation

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS; STURNUS VULGARIS; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 80052626713     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-011-0724-z     Document Type: Article

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