Food Selection and Habitat Use in the Red Deer (Cervus Elaphus L.), Volume 1 |
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Acorns animals barkstripping Beech beet pulp Bilberry Black cherry Black cherry leaves C.P. levels C.W.C. levels cell contents cell wall cellulolytic concentrate selectors correlation Cowberry crude protein deciduous deciduous trees diet composition Douglas fir dwarfshrubs early spring East Veluwe Forest evident faeces fallow deer feeding conditions feeding station feeding trials fermentation rates fibre food selection forest block game meadow gross chemical composition habitat Heather-rich areas Hence Het Loo high quality hind groups increased intake intermediate feeders lignin and cutin lignin levels main study area maintenance food maize microbial moose N-content natural forages needles of Scots Oak leaves observed patterns period plantations red deer roe deer roughage Rowan tree Royal Forest rumen content analysis rumen pH rumen samples ruminants sample areas sample groups Scots pine season sheep shrubs species stags summer supplementary feeding tannins Wavy hair grass whereas white-tailed deer winter diet