Do large herbivores select a diet that maximizes short-term energy intake rate?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 149-156

  Van Wieren, S E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diet selection; Herbivory; Intake rate maximization; Optimal foraging

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030293711     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03877-7     Document Type: Article

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