High Levels of Energy Expenditure in Shorebirds; Metabolic Adaptations to an Energetically Expensive Way of Life

Marcel Kersten; Theunis Piersma

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1 January 1987 High Levels of Energy Expenditure in Shorebirds; Metabolic Adaptations to an Energetically Expensive Way of Life

Marcel Kersten, Theunis Piersma

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Ardea, 55(1–2):175-187 (1987). https://doi.org/10.5253/arde.v75.p175

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Marcel Kersten and Theunis Piersma "High Levels of Energy Expenditure in Shorebirds; Metabolic Adaptations to an Energetically Expensive Way of Life," Ardea 55(1–2), 175-187, (1 January 1987). https://doi.org/10.5253/arde.v75.p175

Received: 10 July 1986; Published: 1 January 1987

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