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Plant wax alkanes and alcohols as herbivore diet composition markers

Miguel N. Bugalho, H. Dove, W. M. Kelman, Jeff T. Wood, R.W. Mayes

Rangeland Ecology & Management · 2004 · 63 citations · 19 references

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The use of dosed and herbage n-alkanes as markers for the determination of herbage intake

R.W. Mayes, C.S. Lamb, Patricia M. Colgrove · The Journal of Agricultural Science · 1986 · 722 citations · Full text

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Measurement of dietary nutrient intake in free-ranging mammalian herbivores

R.W. Mayes, H. Dove · Nutrition Research Reviews · 2000 · 173 citations · Full text

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Using a least-squares optimization procedure to estimate botanical composition based on the alkanes of plant cuticular wax

H. Dove · Australian Journal of Agricultural Research · 1995 · 156 citations

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Effects of species, plant part, and plant age on the n-alkane concentrations in the cuticular wax of pasture plants.

H. Dove, RW Mayes, M. Freer · Australian Journal of Agricultural Research · 1996 · 112 citations

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The potential for using n-alkanes in tropical forages as a marker for the determination of dry matter by grazing ruminants

M. A. Laredo, GB Simpson, D. J. Minson et al. · The Journal of Agricultural Science · 1991 · 86 citations

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