Functional ecology of saltglands in shorebirds: Flexible responses to variable environmental conditions

Functional Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 236-244

  Gutiérrez, Jorge S ^a   Dietz, Maurine W ^b   Masero, José A ^a   Gill, Robert E ^d   Dekinga, Anne ^c   Battley, Phil F ^e   Sánchez Guzmán, Juan M ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Allometry; Evaporative water loss; Habitat selection; Migration; Osmotic balance; Phenotypic flexibility; Trade off; Water balance

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIVALVE; BODY MASS; ECOMORPHOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVAPORATION; EXCRETION; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; LOW TEMPERATURE; METABOLISM; OSMOSIS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SALINITY; SALT; SEAWATER; SPECIALIZATION; THERMOREGULATION; TRADE-OFF; WADER; WATER BUDGET;

AVES; BIVALVIA; CALIDRIS CANUTUS; CHARADRII; INVERTEBRATA; LIMOSA LAPPONICA;

EID: 84855996554     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01929.x     Document Type: Article

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