Faecal spectroscopy: A practical tool to assess diet quality in an opportunistic omnivore

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 431-438

  Steyaert, Sam M J G ^a,b   Hütter, Franziska J ^a   Elfström, Marcus ^b   Zedrosser, Andreas ^b,c   Hackländer, Klaus ^a   Lê, Minh H ^d   Windisch, Wilhelm M ^e   Swenson, Jon E ^b,f   Isaksson, Tomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

brown bear; diet quality; faeces; field exposure; near infrared spectroscopy; NIRS; omnivore; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 84872315552     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/12-036     Document Type: Article

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