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Photoperiod and the regulation of annual and circannual cycles of food intake

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

A. S. I. Loudon
A. S. I. Loudon
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Reproductive Biology Research Group, Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London NW1 4RY
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 53 , Issue 3 , November 1994 , pp. 495 - 507
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