Wild geese do not increase flight behaviour prior to migration

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 469-472

  Portugal, Steven J ^a   Green, Jonathan A ^b   White, Craig R ^c   Guillemette, Magella ^d   Butler, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barnacle geese; Body mass increase; Endogenous control; Migration; Muscle hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; MIGRATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; SEABIRD; WILD POPULATION;

ANSER; AVES; BRANTA LEUCOPSIS;

EID: 84861520246     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0975     Document Type: Article

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