Terrestrial birds living on marine environments: does dietary composition of Cinclodes nigrofumosus (Passeriformes: Furnariidae) predict their osmotic load?

Feeding on saline marine foods may be especially challenging for passerine birds that lack functional salt glands and have a limited ability to concentrate urine. To reduce the salt load imposed by consumption of marine food these birds may select food with low salt contents and/or increase their in...

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Autores principales: SABAT,PABLO, FARIÑA,JOSÉ M., SOTO-GAMBOA,MAURICIO
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedad de Biología de Chile 2003
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Acceso en línea:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2003000200017
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