Winter foraging strategy of the Chinese Grouse (Bonasa sewerzowi): Ecological and physiological factors;Strategien der Winterernährung des Chinahaselhuhns (Bonasa sewerzowi) - ökologische und physiologische Faktoren

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 257-264

  Wang, Jie ^a,b   Fang, Yun ^a   Klaus, Siegfried ^c   Sun, Yue Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Digestion inhibitors; Food quality; Herbivorous bird; Intake rate; Willow

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GAMEBIRD; HERBIVORE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TANNIN;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BONASA SEWERZOWI; SALIX; SALIX HYLONOMA;

EID: 84860469443     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-011-0717-y     Document Type: Article

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