Postprandial responses in the African rhombig egg eater (Dasypeltis scabra)

Zoology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 310-317

  Großmann, Johannes ^a   Matthias Starck, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fasting; Organ size changes; Resting metabolic rate; Specific dynamic action

Indexed keywords

AVES; COLUBRIDAE; DASYPELTIS SCABRA; SERPENTES;

EID: 33749993742     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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