01774naa a2200229 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902200140006010000220007424501480009626000090024430000090025352011310026265000110139365300130140465300100141765300160142765300110144370000180145470000200147277300520149219614612013-07-05       2013    bl ---       0--  u    #d  a1446-991X1 aDESBIEZ, A. L. J.  aNew Toolbdeltadiet to assess resource partitioning between sympatric populations of white-lipped peccaries, collared peccaries and feral pigs.  c2013  a12p.  aMicro-histological analysis of faecal samples involves identifying plant fragments found in these faecal samples, under the microscope. It is one of the most common techniques used when animals cannot be manipulated. Botanical composition of diets can be accurately estimated by faecal analyses (Free et al., 1970; Alipayo et al., 1992). However micro-histological analysis is also reported to be difficult, time-consuming and requires rigorous training (Holechek & Vavra 1981; Holechek & Gross 1982; Mcinnis et al., 1983). The use of this technique can be greatly facilitated by storing key characteristics of the epidermal cells of plants in an interactive illustrated database, based on the DELTA (DEscription Language for TAxonomy) system, instead of relying on memory and training. Such a tool has been developed for key forage plants of the Pantanal, and is named the DELTADIET tool (Desbiez, et al., 2010). It can be downloaded from the Embrapa Pantanal Website http://www.cpap.embrapa.br/. Anatomical plant descriptors and manuals are also available for download (Santos et al., 2010; Magalhães et al., 2010a, 2010b).  aforage  aDatabase  aDELTA  aIdentifying  aPlants1 aSANTOS, S. A.1 aKEUROGHLIAN, A.  tSuiform Soundingsgv. 12, n. 1, p. 10-21, 2013.