Balancing of protein and lipid intake by a mammalian carnivore, the mink, Mustela vison

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 349-355

  Mayntz, David ^a,b   Nielsen, Vivi Hunnicke ^b   Sørensen, Allan ^b   Toft, Søren ^b   Raubenheimer, David ^c   Hejlesen, Carsten ^d   Simpson, Stephen James ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d Danish Fur Breeders Research Center

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

diet selection; feeding behaviour; geometric framework; mink; Mustela vison; predator

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; CARNIVORE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SELECTION; LIPID; MUSTELID; NUTRIENT BUDGET; OPTIMIZATION; PREDATION; PREY CAPTURE; PROTEIN; TROPHIC LEVEL;

MAMMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 58749108446     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.09.036     Document Type: Article

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