Apparent absorption efficiency and gut morphometry of wood mice, Apodemus sylvaticus, from two distinct populations with different diets

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 610-614

  Corp, Nadia ^a,b   Gorman, Martyn L ^a   Speakman, John R ^b  

^a Culterty Field Station   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

APODEMUS SYLVATICUS;

EID: 0031282427     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515876     Document Type: Article

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