Sex differences in food intake and digestive constraints in a nectarivorous bird

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1058-1063

  Markman, Shai ^a,c   Tadmor Melamed, Hagar ^a,b   Arieli, Amichai ^b   Izhaki, Ido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorption efficiency; Foraging; Nectarinia osea; Palestine sunbird; Sexual dimorphism; Transit time

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET; DIGESTION; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DIGESTION; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FRUCTOSE; MALE; PLANTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SONGBIRDS; SUCROSE;

AVES; NECTARINIA OSEA;

EID: 33645781798     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02122     Document Type: Article

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