Protein use and muscle-fiber changes in free-ranging, hibernating black bears

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 414-424

  Tinker, Daniel B ^a   Harlow, Henry J ^a   Beck, Thomas D I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Colorado Division of Wildlife ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0032126660     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515429     Document Type: Article

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