High daily energy expenditure of incubating shorebirds on High Arctic tundra: a circumpolar study

• Published in: Functional Ecology
• Main Authors: Piersma, T., Lindström, Å., Drent, R. H., Tulp, I., Jukema, J., Morrison, R. I. G., Reneerkens, J., Schekkerman, H., Visser, G. H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2003
• Subjects: Arctic; Dee; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2435.2003.00741.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1365-2435.2003.00741.x; https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1365-2435.2003.00741.x

Summary Given the allometric scaling of thermoregulatory capacity in birds, and the cold and exposed Arctic environment, it was predicted that Arctic‐breeding shorebirds should incur high costs during incubation. Using doubly labelled water (DLW), daily energy expenditure (DEE) during incubation was...