Phenotypic Flexibility during Migration: Optimization of Organ Size Contingent on the Risks and Rewards of Fueling and Flight?

1998/12/01 by Theunis Piersma · 265 citations
Environmental Science · #Avian ecology and behavior #Biology #Flexibility (engineering) #Phenotype #Phenotypic plasticity #Evolutionary biology #Ecology #Genetics #Economics #Gene

paper · open access · doi:10.2307/3677170

published in Journal of Avian Biology 29(4), 511 (Wiley)

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Abstract

Theunis Piersma, Phenotypic Flexibility during Migration: Optimization of Organ Size Contingent on the Risks and Rewards of Fueling and Flight?, Journal of Avian Biology, Vol. 29, No. 4, Optimal Migration (Dec., 1998), pp. 511-520

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