Biofilm and invertebrate consumption by western sandpipers (Calidris mauri) and dunlin (Calidris alpina) during spring migratory stopover: insights from tissue and breath CO2 isotopic (δ13C, δ15N) analyses

Tracing sources of carbon and hydrogen to stored lipids in migratory passerines using stable isotope (δ13C, δ2H) measurements

(2021) Libesha Anparasan et al.   OECOLOGIA

Age‐ and sex‐related dietary specialization facilitate seasonal resource partitioning in a migratory shorebird

(2021) Laurie A. Hall et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Sandpipers go with the flow: Correlations between estuarine conditions and shorebird abundance at an important stopover on the Pacific Flyway

(2021) Rachel Canham et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Species-specific metabolic responses of songbird, shorebird, and murine cultured myotubes to N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids

(2020) Kevin G. Young et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids influence flight muscle oxidative capacity, but not endurance flight performance in a migratory songbird

(2019) Morag Fiona Dick et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

The dynamics of individual fatty acids in muscle fat stores and membranes of a songbird are affected by exercise and have functional and ecological importance.

(2019) Wales A. Carter et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Seasonal changes in fatty acid composition of estuarine intertidal biofilm: Implications for western sandpiper migration

(2019) Peter J. Schnurr et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Obese super athletes: fat-fueled migration in birds and bats

(2018) Christopher G. Guglielmo   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Assessing seasonal changes in animal diets with stable-isotope analysis of amino acids: a migratory boreal songbird switches diet over its annual cycle

(2018) Camila Gómez et al.   OECOLOGIA

Rapid population decline in migratory shorebirds relying on Yellow Sea tidal mudflats as stopover sites

(2017) Colin E. Studds et al.   Nature Communications

Use of stable isotope fingerprints to assign wintering origin and trace shorebird movements along the East Atlantic Flyway

(2016) Teresa Catry et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

A non-lethal biopsy technique for sampling subcutaneous adipose tissue of small and medium-sized birds

(2016) Afonso D. Rocha et al.   JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY

Omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids support aerial insectivore performance more than food quantity

(2016) Cornelia W. Twining et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

13C-Breath testing in animals: theory, applications, and future directions

(2015) Marshall D. McCue et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Turnover rates of stable isotopes in avian blood and toenails: Implications for dietary and migration studies

(2015) Pedro M. Lourenço et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Highly unsaturated fatty acids in nature: what we know and what we need to learn

(2015) Cornelia W. Twining et al.   OIKOS

Measurement of Whole-Body CO2 Production in Birds Using Real-Time Laser-Derived Measurements of Hydrogen (δ2H) and Oxygen (δ18O) Isotope Concentrations in Water Vapor from Breath

(2015) G. W. Mitchell et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Biofilm Consumption and Variable Diet Composition of Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) during Migratory Stopover

(2015) Catherine B. Jardine et al.   PLoS One

Amino Acid  13C Analysis Shows Flexibility in the Routing of Dietary Protein and Lipids to the Tissue of an Omnivore

(2014) S. D. Newsome et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Monitoring populations of Western Sandpipers and Pacific Dunlins during northward migration on the Fraser River Delta, British Columbia, 1991-2013

(2014) Mark C. Drever et al.   JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY

Agricultural Lands Subsidize Winter Diet of the Dunlin at Two Major Estuaries

(2013) Keith A. Hobson et al.   CONDOR

A breath test to assign carnivore diets to browsers or grazers

(2013) Christian C. Voigt et al.   WILDLIFE BIOLOGY

Variable and complex food web structures revealed by exploring missing trophic links between birds and biofilm

(2012) Tomohiro Kuwae et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Range-wide patterns of migratory connectivity in the western sandpiper Calidris mauri

(2012) Samantha E. Franks et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Carbon isotopes in exhaled breath track metabolic substrates in brown bears (Ursus arctos)

(2012) John P. Whiteman et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Lipid and amino acid composition influence incorporation and discrimination of13C and15N in mink

(2012) Merav Ben-David et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Analyzing Variability and the Rate of Decline of Migratory Shorebirds in Moreton Bay, Australia

(2011) HOWARD B. WILSON et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Optimal bird migration revisited

(2011) Thomas Alerstam   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Carbon isotopic fractionation in eider adipose tissue varies with fatty acid structure: implications for trophic studies

(2011) S. M. Budge et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Downward trophic shift during breeding migration in the shorebird Calidris mauri (western sandpiper)

(2011) PG Beninger et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Sediment in Stomach Contents of Western Sandpipers and Dunlin Provide Evidence of Biofilm Feeding

(2010) Kimberley J. Mathot et al.   WATERBIRDS

Studying Animal DietsIn SituUsing Portable Stable Isotope Analyzers

(2009) Christian C. Voigt   BIOTROPICA

Isotopic homogeneity of breath CO2 from fasting and berry-eating polar bears: implications for tracing reliance on terrestrial foods in a changing Arctic

(2009) K. A. Hobson et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

BIOFILM GRAZING IN A HIGHER VERTEBRATE: THE WESTERN SANDPIPER,CALIDRIS MAURI

(2008) Tomohiro Kuwae et al.   ECOLOGY

Extreme endurance flights by landbirds crossing the Pacific Ocean: ecological corridor rather than barrier?

(2008) R. E Gill et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES