Ecological constraints on digestive physiology in carnivorous and piscivorous birds

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 283, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 365-376

  Hilton, Geoff M ^a   Houston, D C ^a   Barton, N W H ^a,b   Furness, R W ^a   Ruxton, G D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b National Falcon Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; RAPTORES;

EID: 0033120315     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19990301/01)283:4/5<365::AID-JEZ6>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Review

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