Diel variations in plasma glucose concentration in some South African avian frugivores

Emu

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 66-70

  Lobban, Kerileigh ^a   Downs, Colleen ^a   Brown, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gluconeogenesis; Glucoregulation; Non passerine; Passerine

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DIEL VARIATION; FRUGIVORY; GLUCOSE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; PASSERINE; SAMPLING;

SOUTH AFRICA;

AVES; COLIUS STRIATUS; ONYCHOGNATHUS MORIO; PASSERIFORMES; STURNIDAE; TAURACO CORYTHAIX; ZOSTEROPIDAE; ZOSTEROPS;

EID: 77649286204     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU09088     Document Type: Article

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