The importance of green seed in the nitrogen nutrition of the Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata

Austral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 412-418

  Allen, L R ^a   Hume, I D ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Essential amino acids; Granivores; Lysine; Methionine; Protein quality; Xeric environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444384230     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1997.tb00691.x     Document Type: Article

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