Agricultural crop consumption induces precocious maturity in deer by improving physical and reproductive performance

Ecosphere

Midori Saeki¹  Chinatsu Kozakai¹  Ayaka Hata¹  Mayura B. Takada²  Rumiko Nakashita³  Tomoko Anezaki⁴  Yasuhiro Nakajima⁵  Hikaru Uno⁵  Yuko Fukue⁶  Naoko Higuchi⁶  Masato Minami⁷ 

[1] Central Region Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), 2‐1‐18 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305‐8666, Japan;Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University, 1‐13‐27 Kasuga, Bunkyo‐ku, Tokyo, 112‐8551, Japan;Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, 1 Matsunosato, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305‐8687, Japan;Gunma Museum of Natural History, 1674‐1 Kamikuroiwa, Tomioka, Gunma, 370‐2345, Japan;Institute for Agro‐Environmental Sciences, NARO, 3‐1‐3 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305‐8604, Japan;Institute for Biodiversity Research and Education Earthworm, 1549‐3‐1 Oiwake, Karuizawa, Nagano, 389‐0115, Japan;School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, 1‐17‐71 Fuchinobe, Chuo‐ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252‐5201, Japan;

关键词: age;    agricultural crops;    body size;    bone collagen;    Cervus nippon;    large herbivore;    nitrogen stable isotopes;    population dynamics;    reproduction;   

DOI  :  10.1002/ecs2.3464

来源: Wiley

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