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Energy expenditure in wild birds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

David M. Bryant
David M. Bryant
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Avian Ecology Unit, Department of Biological and Molecular Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA
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Symposium on ‘Nutrition of wild and captive wild animals’ Plenary Lecture
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 56 , Issue 3 , November 1997 , pp. 1025 - 1039
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1997

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