Selective consumption of acorns by the Japanese wood mouse according to tannin content: A behavioral countermeasure against plant secondary metabolites

Ecological Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1033-1038

  Takahashi, Akiko ^a   Shimada, Takuya ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apodemus speciosus; Plant secondary metabolites; Pre ingestive defense; Quercus serrata; Selective foraging

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD SELECTION; GRANIVORY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PROTEIN; RODENT; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TANNIN;

APODEMUS SPECIOSUS; MUS; QUERCUS SERRATA;

EID: 50949098893     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-008-0473-5     Document Type: Article

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