Age-Specific Changes in the Major Body Components and Caloric Values of Herring Gull Chicks
- 1 November 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Ornithological Applications
- Vol. 82 (4) , 398-401
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1367562
Abstract
Herring Gull chicks are relatively variable in body weight gain and fat content, but are more regular in linear skeletal growth. Developmental patterns of the internal organs of the semi-precocial gulls resemble those reported for altricial nestlings, but age-related changes in body fat and water content are more similar to those of precocial species. Increases in live-weight caloric values with age, from about 1.0 to 2.0 kcal/g, are related to increasing fat and decreasing water contents throughout the growing period.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Development of Endothermy and Existence Energy Expenditure in Herring Gull ChicksOrnithological Applications, 1976
- Age-Specific Changes in the Major Body Components and Caloric Value of Growing Japanese QuailThe Auk, 1973