(Table 2) Protein and fibre content of important food plants of barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) in Adventdalen

• Main Authors: Kuijper, Dries Pieter Jan, Ubels, R, Loonen, Maarten J J E
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2009
• Subjects: Acid detergent fibre; standard deviation; Adventdalen03; Biological sample; BIOS; DATE/TIME; Date/time end; Determined according to Goering and Van Soest (1970); Habitat; International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Proteins; Sample amount; Sample type; Species; Spitsbergen; Svalbard; Arctic; Adventdalen; Branta leucopsis; International Polar Year; Polar Biology; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.812682; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.812682

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