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

Date

Authors

Windley, Hannah

Wallis, Ian

DeGabriel, Jane L.

Moore, Ben

Johnson, Christopher

Foley, William

Publisher

Springer

Abstract

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

Keywords

Keywords: diet; herbivory; index method; marsupial; nitrogen; physiology; reflectance; reproductive success; tannin; Australia; Animalia; Metatheria; Phalangeridae; Trichosurus; Trichosurus vulpecula Available nitrogen; Browser; Nutrition; PEG; Tannins

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/65589

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Oecologia

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1007/s00442-013-2616-9

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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