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Flying, fasting, and feeding in birds during migration: a nutritional and physiological ecology perspective

S. R. McWilliams, Auteur ; C. Guglielmo, Auteur ; B. Pierce, Auteur ; M. Klaassen, Auteur

Dans Journal of Avian Biology (35(5) SEP 2004)

Unlike exercising mammals, migratory birds fuel very high intensity exercise (e.g., flight) with fatty acids delivered from the adipose tissue to the working muscles by the circulatory system. Given the primary importance of fatty acids for fuel[...]

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