Limits to food intake and fiber utilization in the prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster: effects of food quality and energy need

Journal of Comparative Physiology B

Volumn 164, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 609-617

  Castle, K T ^a   Wunder, B A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet digestibility; Fiber; Food intake; Herbivore; Vole, Microtus

Indexed keywords

MICROTUS OCHROGASTER;

EID: 0029139403     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: 1432136X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00389801     Document Type: Article

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