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Estimates of Soil Ingestion by Wildlife
Abstract
Many wildlife species ingest soil while feeding, but ingestion rates are known for only a few species. Knowing ingestion rates may be important for studies of environmental contaminants. Wildlife may ingest soil deliberately, or incidentally, when they ingest soil-laden forage or animals that contain soil. We fed white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) diets containing 0-15 % soil to relate the dietary soil content to the acid-insoluble ash content of scat collected from the mice. The relation was described by an equation that required estimates of the percent acid-insoluble ash content of the diet, digestibility of the diet, and mineral content of soil. We collected scat from 28 wildlife species by capturing animals, searching appropriate habitats for scat, or removing material from the intestines of animals collected for other purposes
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- Authors
- Beyer, W. N., Connor, E. E., & Gerould, S.
- Venue
- The Journal of Wildlife Management
- Publisher
- JSTOR
- Published
- 1994-04
- Volume
- 58
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 375
- ISSN
- 0022-541X (ISSN-L)
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- W1975293129
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- 344
- References
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- FWCI
- 7.39
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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