Muscle protein and strength retention by bears during winter fasting and starvation

Comparative Physiology of Fasting, Starvation, and Food Limitation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 277-296

  Harlow, Hank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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EID: 84929035685     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29056-5_17     Document Type: Chapter

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