Three-Phase Fuel Deposition in a Long-Distance Migrant, the Red Knot (Calidris canutus piersmai), before the Flight to High Arctic Breeding Grounds

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Hua, Ning ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^b,c   Ma, Zhijun ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; CALIDRIS CANUTUS PIERSMAI; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPID STORAGE; MIGRANT BIRD; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGAN SIZE; PROTEIN STORAGE; ANIMAL; ARCTIC; CHARADRIIFORMES; FEMALE; FLYING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION;

AVES; CALIDRIS CANUTUS;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BODY COMPOSITION; CHARADRIIFORMES; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE;

EID: 84876986955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062551     Document Type: Article

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