Microhistological Techniques for Food Habits Analyses

Mark K. Johnson; Helen Wofford; Henry A. Pearson

doi:10.2737/SO-RP-199

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Microhistological Techniques for Food Habits Analyses

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Authors:

Mark K. Johnson, Helen Wofford, Henry A. Pearson

Year:

1983

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SO-RP-199

Source:

Res. Pap. SO-199. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 40 p.

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Abstract

Techniques used to prepare and quantify herbivore diet samples for microhistological analyses are described. Plant fragments are illustrated for more than 50 selected plants common on longleaf-slash pine-bluestem range in the southeastern United States.

Keywords

Herbivore diets, plant fragments, micro-anatomy, longleaf-slash pine-bluestem range

Citation

Johnson, Mark K.; Wofford, Helen; Pearson, Henry A. 1983. Microhistological Techniques for Food Habits Analyses. Res. Pap. SO-199. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 40 p.