Chemical Analysis of Some Wildlife Foods in Connecticut

Abstract

The study reported on here had its origin as part of a problem of determining the native wildlife food plants which could be used in a program of intensive wildlife management in Connecticut. Food value, as measured by proximate chemical composition, was felt to be one of the more important factors in the series of criteria set up for the evaluation. The specific objective of this phase of work was to attempt to correlate the chemical analysis of the wildlife food with reported utilization. Past studies of the food habits of wildlife have largely been aimed at providing gross quantitative and qualitative information. The factors of nutritive value, the effects on the wildlife organism, and the reasons for the choice of these foods have as