Digestibility, nitrogen excretion, and mean retention time by North American porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum) consuming natural forages

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 772-780

  Felicetti, L A ^a   Shipley, L A ^a   Witmer, G W ^a   Robbins, C T ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT; TIME;

ANIMALS; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; NITROGEN; RODENTIA; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; ERETHIZON DORSATUM; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034491899     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318094     Document Type: Article

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