Energy expenditure and water turnover of incubating Ruddy Turnstones:High costs under High Arctic climatic conditions

• Published in: The Auk
• Main Authors: Piersma, Theunis, Morrison, R.I. Guy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1994
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Dee; Foxe Basin; Rowley Island; Arenaria interpres
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11370/b663eb48-a657-44f2-aa07-92e0c7d9818f; https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/b663eb48-a657-44f2-aa07-92e0c7d9818f; https://doi.org/10.2307/4088600; https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/3290921/1994AukPiersma.pdf

To investigate whether shorebirds breeding in the High Arctic have relatively high rates of energy expenditure due to the harsh climatic conditions that prevail even in summer, we measured daily energy expenditure (DEE) and water turnover of Ruddy Turnstones (Arenaria interpres) during the incubatio...