Selection for nutrients by red deer hinds feeding on a mixed forest edge

Oecologia

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 715-726

  Verheyden Tixier, Hélène ^a   Renaud, Pierre Cyril ^a,b   Morellet, Nicolas ^a   Jamot, Jacqueline ^b   Besle, Jean Michel ^b   Dumont, Bertrand ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; Fibre; Protein; Sugar; Tannin

Indexed keywords

DEER; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FERN; FOREST EDGE; GRASS; MIXED FOREST; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PROTEIN; SUGAR; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DEER; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; TREE;

ANIMALS; DEER; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; PLANTS; TREES;

ANIMALIA; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA; POACEAE;

EID: 43349104752     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1020-3     Document Type: Article

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