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Diet selection – an ecological perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

R. Moss
R. Moss
Affiliation:
Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Banchory, Grampian AB31 4BY
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Symposium on ‘Diet selection’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 50 , Issue 1 , March 1991 , pp. 71 - 75
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1991

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