Seasonal changes in fatty acids and leptin contents in the plasma of the European brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos)

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 215-224

  Hissa, Raimo ^a   Hohtola, Esa ^a   Tuomala Saramäki, Terhi ^b   Laine, Tommi ^b   Kallio, Heikki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URSUS; URSUS ARCTOS; URSUS ARCTOS ARCTOS;

EID: 0032411863     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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