Circadian metabolic responses to food deprivation in the Black-shouldered Kite

Condor

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 426-432

  Mckechnie, Andrew E ^a   Lovegrove, Barry G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Black shouldered kites; Circadian rhythms; Elanus caeruleus; Food deprivation; Metabolic depression

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITRIDAE; ELANUS CAERULEUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032915017     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370010     Document Type: Article

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