Food for folivores: Nutritional explanations linking diets to population density

Oecologia

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 281-291

  Wallis, Ian R ^a   Edwards, Melanie J ^a   Windley, Hannah ^a   Krockenberger, Andrew K ^b   Felton, Annika ^c   Quenzer, Megan ^b   Ganzhorn, Joerg U ^d   Foley, William J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Folivore; Herbivory; Nitrogen; Polyethylene glycol; Tannin

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMASS; BROWSING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; DIGESTIBILITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; HERBIVORY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRITION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; TANNIN;

AFRICA; ASIA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84861198091     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2212-9     Document Type: Article

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