Determining body fuels of wintering mallards;L'estimation des lipides et proteines corporels du canard colvert en hivernage

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Serie III

Volumn 323, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 183-193

  Boos, Mathieu ^a,b   Zorn, Thierry ^a,b   Koch, Andrée ^b   Le Maho, Yvon ^b   Robin, Jean Patrice ^b  

^a OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Body lipid; Body protein; Mallard; Prediction; Winter

Indexed keywords

LIPID; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; DUCK; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; WINTER;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; ANIMALIA; AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034111673     PISSN: 07644469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0764-4469(00)00124-4     Document Type: Article

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