Meeting nutrient requirements: The roles of power and efficiency

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-68

  Raubenheimer, D ^a   Simpson, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

feeding patterns; nutrient budgets; nutritional efficiency; nutritional models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029739450     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb00886.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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