Abstract

We describe the mechanisms and kinetics of stomach oil formation in a representative procellariiform, Leach's Storm-Petrel. We relate the mechanics of stomach oil formation to the process by which procellariiforms are able to use the dietary lipids. We show how birds concentrate food into a store, the composition of which is determined largely by properties of the meals, the lipids, and a specialized gastrointestinal morphology

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