Cuticular wax alkanes and alcohols used as markers to estimate diet composition of sheep (Ovis aries)

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 919-927

  Kelman, Walter ^a   Bugalho, Miguel ^b   Dove, Hugh ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cuticular wax alcohols; Cuticular wax alkanes; Diet composition; Grasses; Legumes; Lotus spp; Plant wax

Indexed keywords

DIET; FECES; LEGUME; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; AUSTRODANTHONIA; AUSTRODANTHONIA RICHARDSONII; LOTUS; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; LOTUS PEDUNCULATUS; OVIS ARIES; PHALARIS; PHALARIS AQUATICA; POACEAE; PROCRUSTES; TRIFOLIUM; VULPIA; VULPIA MYUROS;

EID: 0038199587     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-1978(03)00081-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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