Drinking water boosts food intake rate, body mass increase and fat accumulation in migratory blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla)

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• food intake 89%
• body mass 73%
• fat 67%
• bird 55%
• drinking water 50%
• water availability 24%
• fruit 24%
• rate 21%
• water 12%
• food 12%
• insectivory 11%
• frugivory 10%
• fat reserve 10%
• autumn 10%
• dietary shift 9%
• energy intake 8%
• stopover 8%
• food processing 7%
• experiment 7%
• digestion 5%
• plantation 5%
• diet 5%
• laboratory experiment 5%
• flight 5%
• desert 4%
• laboratory 3%
• energy 2%

Agriculture & Biology

• Sylvia atricapilla 100%
• drinking water 64%
• food intake 59%
• lipids 35%
• Pistacia atlantica 34%
• birds 31%
• water 27%
• bird control 18%
• water birds 18%
• autumn 17%
• fruits 12%
• stopover sites 10%
• fruit consumption 9%
• food choices 7%
• food processing 7%
• metabolizable energy 7%
• Israel 7%
• energy intake 7%
• deserts 6%
• finishing 6%
• cages 6%
• plantations 6%
• flight 6%
• digestion 5%
• diet 3%