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Reinterpretation of gizzard sizes of red knots world-wide emphasises overriding importance of prey quality at migratory stopover sites

The size of digestive organs can be rapidly and reversibly adjusted to ecological circumstances, but such phenotypic flexibility comes at a cost. Here, we test how the gizzard mass of a long-distance migrant, the red knot (Calidris canutus), is adjusted to (i) local climate, (ii) prey quality and (i...

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Autors principals: van Gils, Jan A, Battley, Phil F, Piersma, Theunis, Drent, Rudi
Format: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: The Royal Society 2005
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Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1559986/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16321783
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2005.3245
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