Does digestion rate affect diet selection? A study in Octodon degus, a generalist herbivorous rodent

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 205-212

  Bozinovic, Francisco ^a   Torres Contreras, Hugo ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Central Chile; Diet quality; Food intake and processing; Food selection; Octodon degus

Indexed keywords

DIGESTION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FOOD PREFERENCE; HERBIVORE; RODENT;

CHILE;

ANIMALIA; OCTODON DEGUS; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031814982     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4098/AT.arch.98-16     Document Type: Article

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