Food intake, locomotor activity, find egg laying in zebra finches: Contributions to reproductive energy demand?

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-27

  Williams, Tony D ^a   Ternan, Shawn P ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG PRODUCTION; FOOD INTAKE; LOCOMOTION; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EATING; EGG LAYING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRDS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; HUMULUS LUPULUS; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032854507     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/316639     Document Type: Article

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