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Comparison of the Phenotypic Flexibility of Muscle and Body Condition of Migrant and Resident White-Crowned Sparrows.
Ecological and evolutionary physiology - 1 Jan 2024
Ramenofsky Marilyn, Campion Andrew W, Hwee Darren T, Wood Stacy K, Krause Jesse S, Németh Zoltán, Pérez Jonathan H, Bodine Sue
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AbstractSeasonally breeding birds express variations of traits (phenotypic flexibility) throughout their life history stages that represent adaptations to environmental conditions. Changes of body condition during migration have been well studied, whereas alterations of skeletal and cardiac muscles, body mass, and fat scores have yet to be characterized throughout the spring or fall migratory stages....
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