Responses of the digestive tract of the omnivorous northern brown bandicoot, Isoodon macrourus (Marsupialia: Peramelidae), to plant- and insect-containing diets

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

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 411-418

  McClelland, K L ^a   Hume, I D ^a   Soran, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bandicoot; Food intake; Hindgut; Mean retention time; Omnivore

Indexed keywords

ISOODON MACROURUS;

EID: 0033199571     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050237     Document Type: Article

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