Effects of Acomastylis rossii tannins on a mammalian herbivore, the North American pika, Ochotona princeps

Oecologia

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 122-131

  Denise Dearing, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acomastylis rossii; Detoxification; Digestibility; Ochotona princeps; Tannins

Indexed keywords

DETOXIFICATION; DIET; DIGESTIBILITY; PIKA; TANNIN;

ACOMASTYLIS ROSSII; OCHOTONA PRINCEPS;

EID: 0030621367     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050066     Document Type: Article

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