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Seasonal changes in leaf chemistry and leaf selection of the Japanese giant flying squirrel upon two tree species

Tree leaves are important food sources for arboreal herbivores, such as primates, rodents, and marsupials. These animals do not eat leaves randomly in habitats with many tree species but rather choose based on the chemical components of leaves, such as sugars, fibers, proteins, and toxins. However,...

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Autores principales: Ito, Mutsumi, Tamura, Noriko, Hayashi, Fumio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5552960/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28811882
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3155