Title: PLANT SECONDARY COMPOUNDS AND THE FREQUENCY OF FOOD TYPES AFFECT FOOD CHOICE BY MAMMALIAN HERBIVORES
Abstract: EcologyVolume 86, Issue 9 p. 2450-2460 Article PLANT SECONDARY COMPOUNDS AND THE FREQUENCY OF FOOD TYPES AFFECT FOOD CHOICE BY MAMMALIAN HERBIVORES Ulrika Alm Bergvall, Ulrika Alm Bergvall Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorOlof Leimar, Olof Leimar Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, SwedenSearch for more papers by this author Ulrika Alm Bergvall, Ulrika Alm Bergvall Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorOlof Leimar, Olof Leimar Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, SwedenSearch for more papers by this author First published: 01 September 2005 https://doi.org/10.1890/04-0978Citations: 51 Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Abstract We have investigated food choice in individual fallow deer (Dama dama) encountering different relative frequencies of food types in the form of bowls containing pellets with either high or low concentrations of hydrolyzable tannin. We performed two similar experiments, one with large and one with small differences in tannic acid concentration. With small differences in tannic acid concentration, the ratio of the consumption per low- and high-tannin bowl was independent of frequency of occurrence, but with large differences in tannic acid concentration, we found frequency-dependent food choice. The deer ate proportionally less from high-tannin bowls if these occurred at low relative frequency. 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