Influence of secondary compound complementarity and species diversity on consumption of Mediterranean shrubs by sheep

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 58-65

  Rogosic, Jozo ^a   Estell, Richard E ^b   Skobic, Dragan ^c   Stanic, Svjetlana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZADAR   (Croatia)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOSTAR   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Complementarity; Mediterranean maquis; Saponins; Secondary compounds; Sheep; Shrubs; Tannins

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SHEEP; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TANNIN;

ANIMALIA; ARBUTUS UNEDO; BOVIDAE; HEDERA; HEDERA HELIX; ILEX; OVIS ARIES; PISTACIA LENTISCUS; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 34548482050     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.09.013     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Berec L., and Krivan V. A mechanistic model for partial preferences. Theor. Popul. Biol. 58 (2000) 279-289
2. Bernays E.A., Bright K., Howard J.J., Raubenheimer D., and Champagne D. Variety is the spice of life: frequent switching between foods in the polyphagous grasshopper Taeniopoda eques Bermeister. Anim. Behav. 44 (1992) 721-731
3. Bernays E.A., Bright K.L., Gonzales N., and Angel J. Dietary mixing in a generalist herbivore tests of two hypotheses. Ecology 75 (1994) 1997-2006
4. Burritt E.A., and Provenza F.D. Role of toxins in intake of varied diets by sheep. J. Chem. Ecol. 26 (2000) 1992-2005
5. Burrows G.E., and Tyrl R.J. Toxic Plants of North America (2001), Iowa State Universiy Press, Ames, IA pp. 120-122
6. Freeland W.J., and Janzen D.H. Strategies in herbivory by mammals: the role of plant secondary compounds. Am. Nat. 108 (1974) 269-288
7. Freeland W.J., Calcott P.H., and Andersen L.R. Tannins and saponins: interaction in herbivore diets. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 13 (1985) 189-193
8. Freeland W.J. Plant secondary metabolites: biochemical evolution with herbivores. In: Palo R.T., and Robbins C.T. (Eds). Plant Defenses against Mammalian Herbivores (1991), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 61-82
9. Illius A.W., and Jessop N.S. Modeling metabolic costs of allelochemical ingestion by foraging herbivores. J. Chem. Ecol. 21 (1995) 693-719
10. Illius A.W., Gordon I.J., and Elston D.A. Diet selection in goats: a test of intake-rate maximization. Ecology 80 (1999) 1008-1018
11. Pennings S.C., Masatomo T., Nadeau T., and Paul V.T. Selectivity and growth of the generalist herbivore Dolabella auricularia feeding upon complementary resources. Ecology 74 (1993) 879-890
12. Pfister J.A., Provenza F.D., Manners G.D., Gardner D.R., and Ralphs M.H. Tall larkspur ingestion: can cattle regulate intake below toxic levels?. J. Chem. Ecol. 23 (1997) 759-777
13. Provenza F.D. Postingestive feedback as an elementary determinant of food preference and intake in ruminants. J. Range Manage. 48 (1995) 2-17
14. Provenza F.D., Villalba J.J., Dziba L.E., Atwood S.B., and Banner R.E. Linking herbivore experience, varied diets, and plant biochemical diversity. Small Rum. Res. 49 (2003) 257-274
15. Rogosic J. Management of the Mediterranean Natural Resources (2000), Skolska Naklada, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina p. 352 (in Croatian)
16. Rogosic J., Pfister J.A., and Provenza F.D. Interaction of tannins and saponins in herbivore diets. VII Internat. Rangel. Congr.: Rangelands in the New Millennium. Durban, South Africa (2003) 104-105
17. Rogosic, J., Pfister, J.A., Provenza, F.D., Grbesa, D., Sheep and goats preference for and nutritional value of Mediterranean maquis shrubs. Small Rum. Res., in press-a.
18. Rogosic, J., Pfister, J.A., Provenza, F.D., The effect of polyethylene glycol and number of species offered on intake of Mediterranean shrubs by sheep and goats. Rangel. Ecol. Manage., in press-b.
19. Rogosic, J., Pfister, J.A., Provenza, F.D., Grbesa, D., The effect of activated charcoal and number of species offered on intake of Mediterranean shrubs by sheep and goats. Appl. Anim. Behav., in press-c.
20. SAS, 2000. Statistical Analysis System. SAS/STAT User's Guide, version 8, vol. 2. Cary, NC.
21. Schmidt K.S., Brown J.S., and Morgan R.A. Plant defense as complementary resources: a test with squirrels. Oikos 81 (1998) 130-142
22. Tilman D. Resource Competition and Community Structure (1982), Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ
23. Villalba J.J., Provenza F.D., and Bryant J.P. Consequences of the interaction between nutrients and plant secondary metabolites on herbivore selectivity: benefits or detriments for plants?. Oikos 97 (2002) 282-292
24. Villalba J.J., Provenza F.D., and GouDong H. Experience influences diet mixing by herbivores: implications for plant biochemical diversity. Oikos 107 (2004) 100-109
25. Waterman P.G., and Mole S. Analysis of the Phenolic Plant Metabolites (1994), Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, UK
26. Westoby M. What are the biological bases of varied diets?. Am. Nat. 112 (1978) 627-631
27. Wilmshurst J.F., Fryxell J.M., and Hudson R.J. Forage quality and patch choice by wapiti (Cervus elaphus). Behav. Ecol. 6 (1995) 209-217