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Physiological adaptation in savanna ungulates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

A. W. Illius
A. W. Illius
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Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT
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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. 1041 - 1048
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1997

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