Why are very large herbivores absent from Australia? A new theory of micronutrients

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 957-978

  Milewski, A V ^a   Diamond, R E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Water and Rivers Commission   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allometry; Australia; Body size; Cobalt; Fecundity; Geophagia; Groundwater; Herbivores; Intelligence; Iodine; Micronut rients; Selenium; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; BODY SIZE; COBALT; HERBIVORY; IODINE; MEGACATALYST THEORY; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; TRACE ELEMENT;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COBALT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HERBIVORE; IODINE; SELENIUM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS SP.; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034503196     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00436.x     Document Type: Article

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