Flying, fasting, and feeding in birds during migration: a nutritional and physiological ecology perspective

By S. McWilliams, C. Guglielmo, Barbara J Pierce, M. Klaassen. 2004

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Subfields: Animal Science and Zoology, Ecology, Parasitology

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Obligatory barrier crossing and adaptive fuel management in migratory birds: the case of the Atlantic crossing in Northern Wheatears (Oenanthe oenanthe) (2008, background): “Lindstrom and Piersma 1993, Mc Williams et al. 2004 ).”
No simple measures for antioxidant status in birds: complexity in inter‐ and intraspecific correlations among circulating antioxidant types (2009, background): “Birds rely heavily on fatty acids for metabolism during flight (McWilliams et al. 2004), suggesting that lipid-protective antioxidants such as vitamin E could be particularly important in birds relative to mammals.”
Australian waterbirds – time and space travellers in dynamic desert landscapes (2010, unknown): “Migratory waterbirds also commonly acquire energy reserves (fat) to burn on long-distance migrations (McWilliams et al. 2004), producing inevitable trade-offs between energy stores for movement and breeding.”
Starvation physiology: reviewing the different strategies animals use to survive a common challenge. (2010, background): “The physiological mechanisms underlying the ability for birds to maintain glucose levels in the face of starvation are not fully understood, but may be related to their exceptional ability to rapidly mobilize, distribute, and oxidize endogenous lipids (Jenni and Jenni-Eiermann, 1998; Gannes et al., ”
FRUIT QUALITY AND CONSUMPTION BY SONGBIRDS DURING AUTUMN MIGRATION (2007, unknown): “This protein limitation may be particularly difﬁcult for songbirds during migration which must replenish some protein along with fat reserves (McWilliams et al. 2004).”
Recent advances in understanding migration systems of New World land birds (2010, background): “…primary metabolic fuel for migration with protein from muscle and digestive organs supplementing the energy reserves (Piersma and Jukema 1990, Ramenofsky 1990, Lindström and Piersma 1993, Battley et al. 2000, 2001, Bauchinger and Biebach 2001, McWilliams and Karasov 2001, McWilliams et al. 2004).”
Composition of physiologically important fatty acids in great tits differs between urban and rural populations on a seasonal basis (2015, background): “…levels, pathogen infections, and temperature, which all vary on both temporal (e.g., between seasons) and spatial (e.g., between urban and rural habitats) scales (Tinoco, 1982; Hulbert and Else, 1999; Larsson et al., 2004; McWilliams et al., 2004; Cherian et al., 2009; Hulbert and Abbott, 2012).”
Technology on the Move: Recent and Forthcoming Innovations for Tracking Migratory Birds (2011, background): “A physiologist may focus on the sensory and biochemical mechanisms that allow a migrating bird to travel across the globe (McWilliams et al. 2004, Guglielmo 2010, Thorup et al. 2010), whereas an evolutionary biolo-gist may focus on life-history tradeoffs associated with the costs and beneﬁts of…”
Morphological Adaptations to Migration in Birds (2016, background): “The benefit of using lipids as the core fuel is that they are rich in energy, therefore they are small in volume and are light to carry (McWilliams et al. 2004).”
Sources and significance of variation in basal, summit and maximal metabolic rates in birds (2010, background): “In addition, physiological adjustments promoting enhanced maximal exercise performance also promote elevated levels of sustained exercise performance, such as migratory flights (McWilliams et al., 2004; Price and Guglielmo, 2009).”
Trans-Sahara migrants select flight altitudes to minimize energy costs rather than water loss (2009, background): “(2) Flight costs increased at a lower rate with an increase in fuel load than indicated by the flight power model (McWilliams et al. 2004).”