The relative roles of phylogeny, body size and feeding style on the activity time of temperate ruminants: A reanalysis

Oecologia

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 193-197

  Pérez Barbería, F Javier ^a,b   Gordon, Iain J ^b  

^a Inst Recurs Nat Ordenacion T   (Spain)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometry; Artiodactyla; Browsers; Grazers; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BODY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0344118224     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050848     Document Type: Article

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