Amino acid composition of some woodland arthropods and its implications for breeding tits and other passerines

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Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 227-232

  Ramsay, Scot L ^a   Houston, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIRD; BREEDING; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEATHER; GROWTH; PASSERINE; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; AVES; PARIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037386820     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1474-919X.2003.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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