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Factors influencing the daily energy expenditure of small mammals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

John Speakman
John Speakman
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Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 2TZ
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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. 1119 - 1136
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