Optimizing the sampling effort to evaluate body condition in ungulates: a case study on red deer

Body condition is a useful measure of the nutritional status and performance in ungulates. The most widely used indicators of body condition are based on fat reserves, mainly those surrounding the kidneys. To estimate the body condition in large herbivores, researchers often collect and pool the dat...

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Main Author: Santos, João P. V. (author)
Other Authors: Fernández-De-Mera, Isabel G. (author), Acevedo, Pelayo (author), Boadella, Mariana (author), Fierro, Yolanda (author), Vicente, Joaquín (author), Gortázar, Christian (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2018
Subjects:
Analytical approaches
Body condition
Cervus elaphus
Kidney fat index
Perirenal fat
Sampling effort
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/24297
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/24297

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http://hdl.handle.net/10773/24297

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