Seasonal variations in fatty acids of a migratory bird with and without a controlled diet

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -- Part A: Physiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1974, Pages 329-335

  Morton, Martin L ^a   Liebman, Howard A ^a  

^a OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatty acids; lipid deposition; seasonal changes; white crowned sparrow; Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; MYRISTIC ACID;

BIRD; DIET; ENDOCRINOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; SEASON; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0016185312     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(74)90713-0     Document Type: Article

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