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Seasonal changes in body mass, body composition and food requirements in wild migratory birds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Ian Scott ,
P. Ian Mitchell  and
Peter R. Evans
Ian Scott
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Durham, Science Laboratories, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE
P. Ian Mitchell
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Durham, Science Laboratories, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE
Peter R. Evans
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Durham, Science Laboratories, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE
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‘Seasonality’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 53 , Issue 3 , November 1994 , pp. 521 - 531
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1994

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