Digestive physiology of wild capybara

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-60

  Borges, P A ^a,c   Dominguez Bello, M G ^b   Herrera, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caecotrophy; Capybara, Hydrochaeris; Digestion; Herbivory; Nitrogen utilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030066089     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00264639     Document Type: Article

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