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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Main Authors: van Gils, Jan A, Battley, Phil F, Piersma, Theunis, Drent, Rudi
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2005
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Research Article
Online Access: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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