Digestive function in Australian magpie geese (Anseranas semipalmata)

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 265-279

  Dawson, Terence J ^a   Whitehead, Peter J ^b,c   McLean, Adam ^a   Fanning, F D ^a   Dawson, William R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Parks and Wildlife Service Northern Territory   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FERMENTATION; HERBIVORY; INTESTINE; NEUTRAL DETERGENT FIBER; RETENTION TIME; SILAGE; WILD RELATIVE;

ANSERANAS SEMIPALMATA;

EID: 0033887518     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO00011     Document Type: Article

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