Digestive efficiency of Knysna and purple-crested turacos fed varying concentrations of equicaloric and equimolar artificial fruit

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 607-612

  Wilson, Amy Leigh ^a   Downs, Colleen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Artificial fruit; Forest fruit; Frugivory; Knysna turaco; Purple crested turaco; Sugar digestion; Sugar type

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FRUIT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; DIET; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FRUIT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; GLUCOSE; LINEAR MODELS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; GALLIREX PORPHYREOLOPHUS; TAURACO CORYTHAIX;

EID: 79951487628     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.047209     Document Type: Article

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