What constrains daily intake in Thomson's gazelles?

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2338-2347

  Wilmshurst, John F ^a,b   Fryxell, John M ^a   Colucci, Pablo E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bite mass; Bite rate; Constraints, daily energy intake; Digestibility; Energetics; Functional response; forage quality; Gazella thomsoni; Grazer; Serengeti National Park, Tanzania; Thomson's gazelle

Indexed keywords

ENERGETICS; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING; LIMITING FACTOR; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ARTIODACTYLA; BOVIDAE; GAZELLA; GAZELLA THOMSONI; GAZELLA THOMSONII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032845098     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[2338:WCDIIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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