How fecal subsampling methods affect the accuracy of dietary pollen detection

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1321-1330

  Scanlon, Annette T ^a   Petit, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

diet analysis methods; fecal analysis; fur swabs; guano analysis; nectarivore; pollen methods; Pteropodidae; scat; South Pacific

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BAT; DIABASE; DIET; FLOWER; NECTARIVORY; POLLEN; SAMPLING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 84886067132     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/13-MAMM-A-085.1     Document Type: Article

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