Comparison of the fatty-acid compositions of prey items and yolks of Australian insectivorous scincid lizards

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 174, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 393-397

  Speake, Brian K ^a   Herbert, Jacquie F ^b   Thompson, Michael B ^b  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Insect; Lipid; Lizard; Polyunsaturated fatty acid; Yolk

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543020348     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-004-0425-5     Document Type: Article

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