Physiology of intermittent feeding: Integrating responses of vertebrates to nutritional deficit and excess

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 250-264

  Barboza, Perry S ^a   Hume, Ian D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGESTION; FEEDING; NUTRIENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATOR; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET RESTRICTION; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FASTING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33645829295     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499984     Document Type: Conference Paper

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