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SUBMITTER: Hewson-Hughes AK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3518205 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hewson-Hughes Adrian K AK Hewson-Hughes Victoria L VL Colyer Alison A Miller Andrew T AT McGrane Scott J SJ Hall Simon R SR Butterwick Richard F RF Simpson Stephen J SJ Raubenheimer David D
Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology 20121217 1
Although many herbivores and omnivores have been shown to balance their intake of macronutrients when faced with nutritionally variable foods, study of this ability has been relatively neglected in carnivores, largely on the assumption that prey are less variable in nutrient composition than the foods of herbivores and omnivores and such mechanisms therefore unnecessary. We performed diet selection studies in 5 breeds of adult dog (Canis lupus familiaris) to determine whether these domesticated ...[more]