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Caloric Content and Available Energy in Plant Matter
Author(s) -
Verduin Jacob
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.144
H-Index - 294
eISSN - 1939-9170
pISSN - 0012-9658
DOI - 10.2307/1934322
Subject(s) - caloric theory , content (measure theory) , ecology , energy metabolism , energy density , biology , physics , mathematics , engineering physics , mathematical analysis , endocrinology
Caloric content of plant matter, as indicated by bomb calorimetry, includes energy which is not available to metabolic processes of the plant. Consequently such data have limited nutritional significance.