Test, rejection, and reformulation of a chemical reactor-based model of gut function in a fruit-eating bird

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 369-383

  Levey, Douglas J ^a   Martínez del Rio, Carlos ^b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXOSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; EATING; FRUIT; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; DIET; DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY; EATING; FRUIT; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HEXOSES; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 0033364616     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/316663     Document Type: Article

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