Energy expenditure of female barn swallows Hirundo rustica during egg formation

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 930-951

  Ward, Sally ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 0030457907     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/physzool.69.4.30164236     Document Type: Article

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