Daily energy expenditure in precocial shorebird chicks: Smaller species perform at higher levels

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1203-1214

  Krijgsveld, Karen L ^a,c   Ricklefs, Robert E ^b   Visser, G Henk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c Bureau Waardenburg   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body size; Development; Doubly labeled water; Energy expenditure; Growth; Precocial; Scolopacidae; Shorebird

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LOCOMOTION; RANGE SIZE; TEMPERATURE; WADER;

CANADA; CHURCHILL; MANITOBA;

SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 84866463882     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-012-0851-1     Document Type: Article

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