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Estimating the Non-Feeding Grass Consumption of Brandts Vole

Wan Xinrong, Wang Guanghe, Zhong Wenqin   

  1. State Key Lab. of Integrated Management of Pest Insects & Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080
  • Received:1999-11-08 Revised:2000-07-05 Online:2001-08-10

Abstract: By analyzing the field population of Brandt's vole,it reveals that the daily non-feeding grass consumption is about 2.81g (in dry) or 7.22g (in fresh) per vole.There is about 11 percent of the gnawed grass will be re-utilized by the vole within 24 hours.The non-feeding grass consumption of this species is much more lower than its daily food consumption.

Key words: intercropping, separation method, shoot interaction, root interaction, yield.

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