Is diet shifting facilitated by modulation of intestinal nutrient uptake? Test of an adaptational hypothesis in yellow-rumped warblers

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 213-221

  Afik, Daniel ^a,b   Darken, Bruce W ^a   Karasov, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 0031106268     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/639580     Document Type: Article

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