التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Is Long-Distance Bird Flight Equivalent to a High-Energy Fast? Body Composition Changes in Freely Migrating and Captive Fasting Great Knots. |
| المؤلفون: |
Battley, Phil F., Dietz, Maurine W., Piersma, Theunis, Dekinga, Anne, Tang, Sixian, Hulsman, Kees |
| المصدر: |
Physiological & Biochemical Zoology; May/Jun2001, Vol. 74 Issue 3, p435, 15p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
BIRD flight, BIRD body composition, CALIDRIS, INFANTS, PHYSIOLOGY |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
CANADA |
| مستخلص: |
Studies the changes in body composition in great knots, Calidris tenuirostris, before and after a migratory flight from northwest Australia to eastern China. Percentage of fat stores and lean tissue that birds deposit in various organs in anticipation of a migratory flight; Changes in nutrient composition during fueling and fasting; Analysis of flight costs during migration. |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
Complementary Index |
