Food supplementation experiments revisited: Verifying that supplemental food is used by its intended recipients

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 679-685

  Wirsing, A J ^a,c   Murray, D L ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTS; NUTRITION; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; NATURAL FOOD AVAILABILITY;

POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BROWSING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HERBIVORE; MAMMAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

LEPUS; LEPUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 34548163372     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z07-048     Document Type: Article

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