Fasting in birds: General patterns and the special case of endurance flight

Comparative Physiology of Fasting, Starvation, and Food Limitation

Volumn 9783642290565, Issue , 2012, Pages 171-192

  Jenni Eiermann, Susanne ^a   Jenni, Lukas ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29056-5_11     Document Type: Chapter

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