Effects of fat and protein levels on foraging preferences of tannin in scatter-hoarding rodents

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Bo ^a,b   Chen, Jin ^a  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT; PROTEIN; TANNIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APODEMUS CHEVRIERI; APODEMUS LATRONUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT CONTENT; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN CONTENT; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LINEAR MODELS; LIPIDS; PLANT PROTEINS; RATS; SEASONS; SEEDS; TANNINS;

APODEMUS CHEVRIERI; APODEMUS LATRONUM; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84863701207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040640     Document Type: Article

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