Nitrogen requirements of an Old World nectarivore, the orange-tufted sunbird Nectarinia osea

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 638-645

  Roxburgh, L ^a   Pinshow, B ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

NECTARIVORY; NITROGEN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIRD; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; DIET; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; BIRDS; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; NITROGEN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PLANTS, EDIBLE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; MELIPHAGIDAE; NECTARINIA BOUVIERI; NECTARINIA OSEA; TROCHILIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034519677     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/317747     Document Type: Article

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