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Auteur G. Henk Visser |
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Ralf Joest, Auteur ; G. M. Arroyo, Auteur ; Hermann Hoetker, Auteur ; G. Henk Visser, Auteur![]()
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Luc Schifferli, Auteur ; Martin U. Grueebler, Auteur ; Harro A. J. Meijer, Auteur ; G. Henk Visser, Auteur ; Beat Naef-Daenzer, AuteurIn altricial birds, the great effort involved in supplying food to nestlings can create trade-offs in the allocation of resources between the current brood and parental self-maintenance. In poor foraging conditions, parents have to adjust their [...]![]()
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Karen L. Krijgsveld, Auteur ; Robert E. Ricklefs, Auteur ; G. Henk Visser, AuteurWe measured daily energy expenditure (DEE) during the development periods of precocial chicks of five species of Arctic shorebirds spanning a broad range in size, in order to investigate the relationships between DEE, body size, and growth rate.[...]![]()
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Maaike E. de Heij, Auteur ; Richard Ubels, Auteur ; G. Henk Visser, Auteur ; Joost M. Tinbergen, AuteurSeveral studies have shown that enlargement of clutches during incubation reduces the long-term survival of parents. In line with these findings, studies on the energetic costs of nocturnal incubation show an increase in energy expenditure with [...]![]()
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Karen Krijgsveld, Auteur ; G. Henk Visser, Auteur ; Serge Daan, Auteur ; Jeroen Reneerkens, Auteur ; G. McNett, Auteur ; Robert E. Ricklefs, Auteur![]()
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Kathleen M. C. Tjorve, Auteur ; Hans Schekkerman, Auteur ; Ingrid Tulp, Auteur ; Leslie G. Underhill, Auteur ; Joep J. de Leeuw, Auteur ; G. Henk Visser, AuteurThe little stint Calidris minuta is one of the smallest shorebird species breeding in the Arctic (weighing 4.3 g on hatching). Their chicks are small and have a high surface area-to-volume ratio. We determined prefledging growth, energy expendit[...]![]()
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Piet J. Van Den Hout, Auteur ; Theunis Piersma, Auteur ; Anne Dekinga, Auteur ; Suzanne K. Lubbe, Auteur ; G. Henk Visser, AuteurTo cope with changes in the environment, organisms not only show behavioural but also phenotypic adjustments. This is well established for the digestive tract. Here we present a first case of birds adjusting their flight machinery in response to[...]



