Nutrient transfer functions: The site of integration between feeding behaviour and nutritional physiology

Chemoecology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 61-68

  Raubenheimer, D ^a   Simpson, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digestive models; Feeding patterns; Locusta migratoria; Nutrient budgets; Nutritional efficiency; Nutritional models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002895794     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00001805     Document Type: Article

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