Mass changes in migrating birds: the evidence for fat and protein storage re‐examined

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Hemispheric-scale wind selection facilitates bar-tailed godwit circum-migration of the Pacific (2014, background): “Although E8 eventually reached Alaska she did not breed, likely because after fighting prolonged headwinds she arrived on the breeding grounds having depleted not only the nutrient stores carried for arrival and reproduction but also the ‘last resort’ reserves (Lindström & Piersma, 1993).”
Ecology of spring-migrating Anatidae: a review (2006, unknown): “This increase in daily food intake rate in pre-migrating birds is supposed to allow them to accumulate enough protein for migration (Lindström and Piersma 1993).”
Fuel stores, fuel accumulation, and the decision to depart from a migration stopover site (2008, background): “This is true in most small birds investigated (Lindström and Piersma 1993).”