Capillarity and fibre types in locomotory muscles of wild yellow-legged gulls (Larus cachinnans)

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 425-434

  Torrella, Joan Ramon ^a   Fouces, Vicente ^a   Palomeque, Jesús ^a   Viscor, Ginés ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 0032126707     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515425     Document Type: Article

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