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...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Auk
Main Author: Ankney, C. Davison
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 1984
Subjects:
Animal Science and Zoology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Brant
Canada
East Bay
Northwest Territories
Southampton Island
Branta bernicla
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

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