Intra- and interspecific differences in diet quality and composition in a large herbivore community

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Redjadj, Claire ^a,b   Darmon, Gaëlle ^a,c   Maillard, Daniel ^b   Chevrier, Thierry ^b   Bastianelli, Denis ^d   Verheyden, Hélène ^e   Loison, Anne ^a   Saïd, Sonia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^b OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d CIRAD   (France)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; GRASS; HERBIVORE; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MOOSE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RED DEER; RUMINANT STOMACH; SPECIES COMPOSITION; WINTER; ANIMAL; DEER; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; PROCEDURES; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; DEER; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD HABITS; HERBIVORY; POACEAE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84896139545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084756     Document Type: Article

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