Tannins are polyphenols that occur widespread in plant-based food. They are considered to
be part of the plant defense system against environmental stressors. Tannins have a number …

Agroforestry has come of age during the past three decades. The age-old practice of
growing trees and crops and sometimes animals in interacting combinations–that has been …

Summary 1 Nutrition influences most aspects of animal ecology: juvenile growth rates and
adult mass gain, body condition, probability of pregnancy, over‐winter survival, timing of …

The objective of this book is to describe the properties of feedstuffs used in the feeding of
domestic animals and to provide information on feeding practices for a variety of domestic …

A widely used method for analyzing hydrolyzable tannins afer reaction with KIO3 has been
modified to include a methanolysis step followed by oxidation with KIO3. In the new method …

We characterized the structure of condensed tannins from 16 woody plant species (seven
genera, six families) and determined their effects on six herbivorous insect species (four …

Remarkably little attention has been focused on the physiological ecology of free-ranging
primates. Yet without such information, it may prove difficult to advance our understanding of …

The purpose of this study was to quantitatively examine the validity of conclusions derived
from reductionist studies of nutritional ecology of black-tailed deer. We measured protein …

Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) is a quintessential “foundation species” in early-
successional forest ecosystems throughout much of North America. Although subject to …

We describe food selection by roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in relation to the food quality
of the plants available (the concentrations of fibres, sugars, crude protein, and of phenolics …