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A faecal index of diet quality that predicts reproductive success in a marsupial folivore

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Windley, Hannah; Wallis, Ian; DeGabriel, Jane L.; Moore, Ben; Johnson, Christopher; Foley, William

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Estimating the nutritional value of a herbivore's diet is difficult because it requires knowing what the animal eats, the relative quality of each component and how these components interact in relation to animal physiology. Current methods are cumbersome

dc.contributor.authorWindley, Hannah
dc.contributor.authorWallis, Ian
dc.contributor.authorDeGabriel, Jane L.
dc.contributor.authorMoore, Ben
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorFoley, William
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T23:18:21Z
dc.identifier.issn0029-8549
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/65589
dc.description.abstractEstimating the nutritional value of a herbivore's diet is difficult because it requires knowing what the animal eats, the relative quality of each component and how these components interact in relation to animal physiology. Current methods are cumbersome
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.sourceOecologia
dc.subjectKeywords: diet; herbivory; index method; marsupial; nitrogen; physiology; reflectance; reproductive success; tannin; Australia; Animalia; Metatheria; Phalangeridae; Trichosurus; Trichosurus vulpecula Available nitrogen; Browser; Nutrition; PEG; Tannins
dc.titleA faecal index of diet quality that predicts reproductive success in a marsupial folivore
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume173
dc.date.issued2013
local.identifier.absfor060208 - Terrestrial Ecology
local.identifier.ariespublicationu9511635xPUB1128
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationWindley, Hannah, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationWallis, Ian, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationDeGabriel, Jane L., James Cook University
local.contributor.affiliationMoore, Ben, James Cook University
local.contributor.affiliationJohnson, Christopher, James Cook University
local.contributor.affiliationFoley, William, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage203
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage212
local.identifier.doi10.1007/s00442-013-2616-9
local.identifier.absseo970106 - Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T12:03:59Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84882913771
local.identifier.thomsonID000323504300019
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