Trace elements in native shrubs consumed by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in northeastern Mexico
| Autor: | Mauricio Cotera Correa, María del Socorro Alvarado, Roque Gonzalo Ramírez Lozano, Enrique Jurado Ybarra, Tilo G. Domínguez-Gómez, Marco Vinicio Gómez Meza, Israel Cantú Silva, Humberto González Rodríguez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Applied Animal Research. 41:277-284 |
| ISSN: | 0974-1844 0971-2119 |
| Popis: | The contents of Cu, Fe, Mn, and Zn were seasonally determined in the leaves of the native shrubs – Castela erecta, Celtis pallida, Forestiera angustifolia, Lantana macropoda, and Zanthoxylum fagara – that are browsed by the white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). The study was conducted at the Tamaulipan thornscrub region, northeastern Mexico, between summer 2004 and spring 2006. Leaf tissues were collected from three county sites (China, Linares, and Los Ramones). Mineral contents were measured using an atomic absorption spectrophotometer. All minerals, in all plants, were significantly different among sites, seasons, and years, as well as the double and triple interactions. In general, plants at the Linares site, that had the highest rainfall, had higher trace element content. Moreover, during the second year, all plant species were higher in micromineral content. Furthermore, during summer were also higher. Regardless of spatiotemporal variations, all plants had suitable levels of Fe and Mn to sati... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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