Comparison of plant secondary metabolites and digestibility of three different boreal coniferous trees

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-26

  Stolter, Caroline ^a   Niemelä, Pekka ^b   Ball, John P ^c   Julkunen Tiitto, Riitta ^b   Vanhatalo, Aila ^d   Danell, Kjell ^c   Varvikko, Tuomo ^e   Ganzhorn, Jörg U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Conifers; Herbivory; In sacco experiment; In vitro digestibility; Phenolics; Picea abies; Pinus contorta; Pinus sylvestris

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ALCES ALCES; BOS TAURUS; CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 57749209189     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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