Bite diameter selection by thicket browsers: The effect of body size and plant morphology on forage intake and quality

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 181, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 51-65

  Wilson, Sharon L ^a   Kerley, Graham I H ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bite size; Body size; Forage quality; Spinescence

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; NUTRITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS;

BITE DIAMETER;

ECOLOGY;

BODY SIZE; BROWSING; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; PHYSICAL DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; UNGULATE;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; CEPHALOPHUS MONTICOLA; DICEROS BICORNIS; GRIMMIA; MAMMALIA; MONTICOLA; PHILANTOMBA; PHILANTOMBA MONTICOLA; RHINOCEROS; SYLVICAPRA GRIMMIA; TRAGELAPHUS SCRIPTUS; TRAGELAPHUS STREPSICEROS;

EID: 0042905784     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00114-2     Document Type: Article

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