Sheep foraging behavior in response to interactions among alkaloids, tannins and saponins

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 824-831

  Lyman, Tiffanny D ^a   Provenza, Fredrick D ^a   Villalba, Juan J ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Animal behavior; Complementarities; Ergotamine; Gramine; Plant secondary metabolites; Saponins; Tannins; Toxins

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 40649105765     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.3158     Document Type: Article

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