Publication Date
1997
Description
The objective of this study was to determine a palatability scale of five shrub legumes to rusa deer during the dry season in New Caledonia. Acacia ampliceps and Samanea saman remain low in acceptability. Gliricidia sepium is more palatable but quite less than Leucaena leucocephala (native cultivar) and Calliandra calothyrsus (San Ramon). Therefore, since the regression of Leucaena leucocephala population, Calliandra calothyrsus could be very promising to replace it in the deer diet. On the other hand, Acacia ampliceps seems to be the most interesting shrub legume to plant in the west coast, where soil erosion, due to successive droughts and deer overgrazing, needs to be controled.
Citation
Corniaux, C; Le Bel, S; and Sarrailh, J M., "Shrub Palatability to Rusa Deer (Cervus Timorensis Russa) in New Caledonia" (2024). IGC Proceedings (1993-2023). 17.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1997/session6/17
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Shrub Palatability to Rusa Deer (Cervus Timorensis Russa) in New Caledonia
The objective of this study was to determine a palatability scale of five shrub legumes to rusa deer during the dry season in New Caledonia. Acacia ampliceps and Samanea saman remain low in acceptability. Gliricidia sepium is more palatable but quite less than Leucaena leucocephala (native cultivar) and Calliandra calothyrsus (San Ramon). Therefore, since the regression of Leucaena leucocephala population, Calliandra calothyrsus could be very promising to replace it in the deer diet. On the other hand, Acacia ampliceps seems to be the most interesting shrub legume to plant in the west coast, where soil erosion, due to successive droughts and deer overgrazing, needs to be controled.
