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Animals dynamically adjust their physiology and behavior to survive in changing
environments, and seasonal migration is one life stage that demonstrates these dynamic …

During migration, birds substantially increase their metabolic rate and burn fats as fuel and
yet somehow avoid succumbing to overwhelming oxidative damage. The physiological …

In many animals, catabolic and anabolic periods are temporally separated. Migratory birds
alternate energy expenditure during flight with energy accumulation during stopover. The …

Of the approximately 716 bird species that breed in North America, 386 (54%) are
considered Nearctic–Neotropical migrants by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. In the past …

Migration is energetically demanding and physiologically challenging. Migrating birds, for
example, need to boost their antioxidant defenses to defeat the pro‐oxidants produced …

Most migrating birds need to stopover in between flights in order to refuel. Lately, additional
purposes of stopover have been suggested, including physiological recovery from …

Migrating birds perform extreme endurance exercise when flying. This shifts the balance
between the production of reactive oxygen species and the antioxidant defense system …

Ecologically relevant factors such as exercise and diet quality can directly influence how
physiological systems work including those involved in maintaining oxidative balance; …

Dietary micronutrients have the ability to strongly influence animal physiology and ecology.
For songbirds, dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and antioxidants are …