Effects of tannins on digestion and detoxification activity in gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis)

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 270-277

  Chung MacCoubrey, Alice L ^a,c   Hagerman, Ann E ^b   Kirkpatrick, Roy L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS;

EID: 0031144663     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/639595     Document Type: Article

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