| The significance of unripe seeds and animal tissues in the protein nutrition of herbivores. | |
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PMID: 20518759 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Many herbivorous animals selectively eat flowers and unripe fruit or seeds. Some preferentially eat new tissues growing from germinating seeds. This behaviour enables access to otherwise limited or unavailable amino acids that are necessary to sustain successful production and growth of young. For the same reason the diet of breeding females and neonates of many presumed strictly herbivorous animals is supplemented with animal protein. However, because these foods are often only eaten for limited periods, and make up only a small proportion of the total diet, they are usually dismissed as unimportant to the animals' nutrition. It is suggested that actively looking for such feeding may well reveal it to be far more common and important to the successful breeding of herbivores than has been thought in the past. |
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Thomas C R White |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society Volume: 86 ISSN: 1469-185X ISO Abbreviation: Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc Publication Date: 2011 Feb |
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Created Date: 2011-01-21 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0414576 Medline TA: Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 217-24 Citation Subset: IM |
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© 2010 The Author. Biological Reviews © 2010 Cambridge Philosophical Society. |
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School of Agriculture Food and Wine, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, The University of Adelaide, Glen Osmond, South Australia 5064, Australia. |
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