Diet switching in a generalist mammalian folivore: Fundamental to maximising intake

Oecologia

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 650-657

  Wiggins, Natasha L ^a   McArthur, Clare ^b   Davies, Noel W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brushtail possum; Feeding behaviour; Mammalian herbivore; Plant secondary metabolite

Indexed keywords

DIETARY SHIFT; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; GENERALIST; HERBIVORY; MARSUPIAL; NUTRITION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; EUCALYPTUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TRICHOSURUS;

ANIMALS; DIET; EUCALYPTUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PLANT LEAVES; TRICHOSURUS;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; EUCALYPTUS REGNANS; MAMMALIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 33645106229     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0305-z     Document Type: Article

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