Empirical evidence for differential organ reductions during trans-oceanic bird flight

Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris) Science Article 1

abstract

Since the early 1960s it has been held that migrating birds deposit and use only fat as fuel during migratory flight, with the non-fat portion of the body remaining homeostatic. Recent evidence from

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