Characteristics of the acorns selected by free range Iberian pigs during the montanera season

Livestock Science

Volumn 122, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 169-176

  Rodriguez Estevez V ^a   Garcia A ^a   Gomez A G ^a  

^a Campus Universitario de Rabanales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agroforestry system; Diet selection; Food discrimination; Food preference; Optimal Foraging

Indexed keywords

ILEX; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX; ROTUNDIFOLIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 64749106895     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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