Food intake of reindeer in winter

Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-101

  Storeheier, P V ^a   Van Oort, B E H ^a   Sundset, M A ^a   Mathiesen, S D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGESTIBILITY; FOOD INTAKE; GRAZING; RUMINANT; WINTER;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0842345624     PISSN: 00218596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002185960300337X     Document Type: Article

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