Dombrowski, P. et Bourgeois, J-C. et Couture, R. et Linard, C. (2003). Estimation of Carcass fat and protein in Northern pintails (Anas Acuta) during spring migration. Journal of Wildlife Diseases , 39 (3). pp. 620-626.
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Foraging in stopover areas influences nutritional condition of birds during spring migration. Our purpose was to determine if body mass, percent carcass water, and serum biochemistry would predict energy reserves (carcass fat and protein) in northern pintails (Anas acuta) at a spring staging area, Lake St. Pierre in Québec, Canada (468119N, 738089W). Northern pintails were collected during spring 1997 (14 April–9 May). In this staging area, body mass and percent body water successfully estimated carcass protein and fat in male northern pintails, but only carcass protein in females. None of the seven blood parameters we used accurately estimated nutritional reserves in staging northern pintails. These findings suggest that investigators must use direct estimates of carcass reserves to examine nutrient reserve requirements for egg production, migration, or body maintenance during spring migration.
| Type de document: | Article scientifique |
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| Statut du texte intégral: | Autre |
| Mots-clés libres: | Anas acuta, Carcass composition, Northern pintail, Nutritional status, Serum chemistry, Spring migration |
| Sujets: | 4. Faune > 4.4. Oiseaux |
| Date de dépôt: | 26 juin 2016 14:44 |
| Dernière modification: | 26 juin 2016 14:44 |
| URI: | https://belsp.uqtr.ca/id/eprint/205 |
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