Understanding geophagy in animals: Standard procedures for sampling soils

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1503-1523

  Mahaney, William C ^a   Krishnamani, R ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical and mineral analysis; Geophagy soil analysis; Soil eating; Soil sampling

Indexed keywords

MINERAL;

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; GEOPHAGY; METHODOLOGY; SAMPLING; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; GEOPHAGIA; INGESTION; LABORATORY; LANDSCAPE; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; RESEARCH; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL INGESTION; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOIL; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037707029     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024263627606     Document Type: Article

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