Comparative study of the digestive system of three species of tinamou. I. Crypturellus tataupa, Nothoprocta cinerascens, and Nothura maculosa (Aves: Tinamidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-88

  Chikilian, Marta ^a,c   Bee De Speroni, Noemi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIRD; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 5644290858     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199604)228:1<77::AID-JMOR6>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Review

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