Red Knot (Calidris canutus) Science Article 11 abstract This paper reviews the nutrient storage dynamics and body changes of Red Knots Calidris canutus islandica during migration through their final spring stopover area in Iceland and after arrival on the breeding grounds in the northeastern Canadian High Arctic at Alert. In Iceland, Knots not only accumulate […]
Category: Scolopacidae
Two estimates of the metabolic costs of antibody production in migratoryshorebirds: low costs, internal reallocation, or both?
Red Knot (Calidris canutus) Science Article 5 abstract We measured the costs of mounting a humoral immune response using two novel antigens (tetanus and diphtheria) in two shorebird species (Scolopacid ): Red Knot (Calidris canutus, measured in autumn) and Ruff (Philomachus pugnax, measured in spring). Metabolic rate was measured during the preinjection phase, at the […]
Fuel use and metabolic response to endurance exercise: a wind tunnel study of a long-distance migrant shorebird
Red Knot (Calidris canutus) Science Article 2 abstract This study examines fuel use and metabolism in a group of long-distance migrating birds, red knots Calidris canutus (Scolopacid ), flying under controlled conditions in a wind tunnel for up to 10 h. Data are compared with values for resting birds fasting for the same time. Plasma […]
Changing balance between survival and recruitment explains population trends in Red Knots Calidris canutus islandica wintering in Britain, 1969-1995
Red Knot (Calidris canutus) Science Article 9 abstract The demography of Red Knots Calidris canutus islandica wintering in Britain from 1969 to 1995 was examined using published data on winter numbers, unpublished ringing data, and information on the percentages first year birds in late autumn and winter (defined here as ‘recruitment’). The maximum time between […]
Arrival and weight gain of Red Knot Calidris canutus, Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpresand Sanderling Calidris alba staging in Delaware Bay in spring
Red Knot (Calidris canutus) Science Article 16 abstract Delaware Bay is an important spring staging area for shorebirds migrating north along the easternAmerican coast, with birds relying heavily on Horseshoe Crab Limulus polyphemus eggs duringtheir stay. While many species use the Bay, three species are of particular interest: Red KnotCalidris canutus, Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres […]
Distribution, migrations and biometrics of Knots Calidris canutus canutus on Taimyr, Siberia
Red Knot (Calidris canutus) Science Article 7 abstract Studies carried out in northern Taimyr in 1982-84 and 1990-92 were combined with data from other sources to describe the breeding distribution and densities and the migration of Knots at Taimyr Peninsula, north-central Siberia. Morphometrics, recent ring recoveries, dates and directions of migration all support the idea […]
Cost-benefit analysis of mollusc eating in a shorebird I. Foraging and processing costs estimated by the doubly labelled water method
Red Knot (Calidris canutus) Science Article 4 abstract Although the energy costs of foraging and food processing in vertebrates may be considerable, they have rarely been quantified separately. Here we present estimates for both cost factors based on a series of trials with a shorebird, the red knot Calidris canutus, fed natural and artificial prey […]
Endogenous circannual rhythmicity in a non-passerine migrant, the Knot Calidris canutus.
Red Knot (Calidris canutus) Science Article 8 abstract We present experimental evidence for endogenous control of circannual rhythms in a long-distance migratory wader, the Knot Calidris canutus. Six individuals of the subspecies canutus were caught during northward migration whilst staging in France, and were held together under constant temperature and photoperiodic conditions (15 degree C, […]
Where waders may parallel penguins: Spontaneous increase in locomotor activity triggered by fat depletion in a voluntarily fasting Knot.
Red Knot (Calidris canutus) Science Article 6 abstract A Knot Calidris canutus, kept with four conspecifics on an enclosed artificial outdoor tidal flat in The Netherlands, refused to feed on the available bivalve prey for a period of 18 days and thereby decreased in mass from 209 g to 107 g, at which point the […]
Length of stopover, fuel storage and a sex-bias in the occurrence of two subspecies of Red Knots Calidris c. canutus an d C.c. islandica in the Dutch Wadden Sea during southward migration.
Red Knot (Calidris canutus) Science Article 1 abstract During southward migration the Wadden Sea is the meeting place of Red Knots Calidris canutus of two subspecies that breed in either western Siberia (C. c. canutus) or north Greenland and north-east Can ada (C. c . islandica), but the details of their co-occurrence have not been […]