Energetic demands during incubation and chick rearing in a uniparental and a biparental shorebird breeding in the high Arctic
Rearing of young has long been considered the energetically most demanding phase of the avian breeding cycle. Arctic-breeding shorebirds expend large amounts of energy during breeding. Because they are too small to carry sufficient stores to sit out the incubation period, they regularly interrupt in...
Published in: | The Auk |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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2009
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Online Access: | https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/energetic-demands-during-incubation-and-chick-rearing-in-a-unipar https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2009.07181 |