Phenological changes in bamboo carbohydrates explain the preference for culm over leaves by giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) during spring

• Katrina K. Knott ,

  * E-mail: knottkk17@gmail.com

  Current address: EkoPhysTox, Cordova, Tennessee, United States of America

  Affiliation Conservation and Research Department, Memphis Zoological Society, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Amelia L. Christian,

  Affiliations Conservation and Research Department, Memphis Zoological Society, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Animal Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Josephine F. Falcone,

  Affiliation Conservation and Research Department, Memphis Zoological Society, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Carrie K. Vance,

  Affiliation Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology Department, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

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• Laura L. Bauer,

  Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

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• George C. Fahey Jr.,

  Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

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• Andrew J. Kouba

  Affiliation Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

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