Seasonal adjustment of energy budget in a large wild mammal, the Przewalski horse (Equus ferus przewalskii) I. Energy intake

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 4557-4565

  Kuntz, Regina ^a   Kubalek, Christina ^a   Ruf, Thomas ^a   Tataruch, Frieda ^a   Arnold, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Annual rhythm; Body mass; Digestibility; Dry matter intake; Food composition; Gut passage time; N alkane method

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HORSE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HORSES; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEASONS;

BOVIDAE; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; EQUUS FERUS; EQUUS PRZEWALSKII; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33845730386     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02535     Document Type: Article

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