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Nutritional constraints on egg production in birds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

David C. Houston
David C. Houston
Affiliation:
Applied Ornithology Unit, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow GI2 8QQ
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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. 1057 - 1065
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1997

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