The nutritional balancing act of a large herbivore: An Experiment with Captive Moose (Alces alces L)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Felton, Annika M ^a   Felton, Adam ^a   Raubenheimer, David ^b   Simpson, Stephen J ^b   Krizsan, Sophie J ^a   Hedwall, Per Ola ^a   Stolter, Caroline ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; FORAGING; HERBIVORE; MACRONUTRIENT INTAKE; MOOSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTAKE; THEORETICAL STUDY; WILLOW; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALORIC INTAKE; DEER; DIET; FEMALE; HERBIVORY; MALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY;

PROTEIN INTAKE;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; DEER; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HERBIVORY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 85008326772     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150870     Document Type: Article

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