Digestive modulation in a seasonal frugivore, the American robin (Turdus migratorius)

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 262, Issue 4 25-4, 1992, Pages

  Levey, D J ^a   Karasov, W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

diet switching; digestive efficiency; frugivory; gut morphology; nutrient absorption; retention time

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSE; MACROGOL; PROLINE; PROTEIN;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; DIGESTION; FRUIT; INSECT; INTESTINE ADAPTATION; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0026571783     PISSN: 00029513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1992.262.4.g711     Document Type: Article

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