Use of the nutrients in bamboo by the red panda (Ailurus fulgens)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 248, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 535-541

  Wei, Fuwen ^a   Feng, Zuojian ^a   Wang, Zuwang ^a   Zhou, Ang ^b   Hu, Jinchu ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b Sichuan Teachers College   (China)

Author keywords

Ailurus fulgens; Bamboo; Digestibility; Nutrition; Red panda; Transit time

Indexed keywords

DIGESTIBILITY; FOOD QUALITY; HERBIVORY; NUTRIENT USE;

CHINA;

AILURUS FULGENS; BASHANIA SPANOSTACHYA;

EID: 0033179877     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836999008134     Document Type: Article

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