Use of near infrared spectroscopy to discriminate between and predict the nutrient composition of different species and parts of bamboo: Application for studying giant panda foraging ecology

Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 265-273

  Wiedower, E ^a   Hansen, R ^b   Bissell, H ^b   Ouellette, R ^b   Kouba, A ^a,b   Stuth, J ^a   Rude, B ^c   Tolleson, D ^a,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEMPHIS ZOO   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bamboo; Giant panda; NIR spectroscopy; Nutrition; Phyllostachys; Pseudososa

Indexed keywords

EID: 73349132370     PISSN: 09670335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1255/jnirs.848     Document Type: Article

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