Composition and metabolizable energy of feed used by fallow deer (Dama dama) in a coastal Mediterranean ecosystem

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-109

  Poli, B M ^a   Focardi, S ^b   Tinelli, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

^c Tenuta Presidenziale Castelporziano   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Fallow deer; Feed quality; In vitro; Mediterranean ecosystems

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; CERVUS DAMA; CISTUS; CISTUS SALVIFOLIUS; DAMA; ILEX; PHILLYREA LATIFOLIA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS CERRIS; QUERCUS ILEX; RUBUS ULMIFOLIUS;

EID: 0345537105     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(96)00885-1     Document Type: Article

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