Nutrient Reserve Dynamics of Breeding and Molting Brant
Abstract I collected 150 Brant (Branta bernicla) at East Bay, Southampton Island, Northwest Territories, Canada, in 1979 and 1980 to evaluate how much these birds rely on reserves of fat, protein, and calcium during egg production, incubation, and the subsequent wing molt. Egg laying resulted in dec...
Published in: | The Auk |
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Oxford University Press (OUP)
1984
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/auk/101.2.361 http://academic.oup.com/auk/article-pdf/101/2/361/30079826/auk0361.pdf |