Allocation of endogenous and dietary protein in the reconstitution of the gastrointestinal tract in migratory blackcaps at stopover sites

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1069-1075

  Muñoz Garcia, Agustí ^a   Aamidor, Sarah E ^a   McCue, Marshall D ^b   McWilliams, Scott R ^c   Pinshow, Berry ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Blackcap; Gastrointestinal tract; Migration; Stable isotope; Stopover

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PROTEIN INTAKE; REST; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PASSERIFORMES; REST;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA;

EID: 84858658078     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.062547     Document Type: Article

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