The maintenance nitrogen requirement of the zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 366-375

  Allen, L R ^a   Hume, I D ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; FEMALE; MALE; NITROGEN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SONGBIRDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034991161     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/320431     Document Type: Article

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