Linking environmental stress, feeding-shifts and the 'island syndrome': A nutritional challenge hypothesis

Population Ecology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 203-216

  Blanco, Guillermo ^a   Laiolo, Paola ^b   Fargallo, Juan A ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diet shift; Growth stress; Insect shortage; Insular organisms; Life history; Nutritional physiology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PROVISIONING; INSECT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PASSERINE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

EID: 84890873899     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-013-0404-3     Document Type: Article

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