On the relationship between the feedback control of digestion and the temporal pattern of food intake

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-91

  Stephens, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

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EID: 0030221050     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543067     Document Type: Conference Paper

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