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Strategic size changes of internal organs and muscle tissue in the Bar-tailed Godwit during fat storage on a spring stopover site |
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| Authors: | M. M. Landys-Ciannelli&dagger ,T. Piersma&Dagger , J. Jukema§ |
| Affiliation: | Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Box 351800, Seattle, WA 98195, USA,;Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), PO Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, Texel, the Netherlands, and Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen, PO Box 14, 9750 AA Haren, the Netherlands, and;Haerdawei 44, 8854 AC Oosterbierum, the Netherlands |
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| Keywords: | Body composition fattening lean body mass migration refuelling shorebirds |