A test for passive absorption of glucose in yellow-rumped warblers and its ecological implications

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 370-377

  Afik, Daniel ^a,b   McWilliams, Scott R ^a   Karasov, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 0031147632     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/639618     Document Type: Article

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