Dietary flavonoids and the altitudinal preference of wild giant pandas in Foping National Nature Reserve, China

Foraging selection of mammalian herbivores is thought to be not only governed by nutrients, but also influenced by plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) in their diets. Giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) are well-known bamboo specialists and little is known about the effects of PSMs in bamboos on their foraging selection. Flavonoids are the most famous bioactive PSMs in bamboo leaves. Here, the spatiotemporal variation of total flavonoids (TF)...