Morphometry of the digestive tracts of some passerine birds

Condor

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 279-292

  Ricklefs, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative analysis; diet; digestive tract; gut morphology; intestine; stomach

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029806923     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369146     Document Type: Article

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