The digestive performance of mammalian herbivores: Why big may not be that much better

Mammal Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 174-187

  Clauss, Marcus ^a   Hummel, Jürgen ^b  

^a Institute of Animal Physiology Physiological Chemistry and Animal Nutrition   (Germany)

^b Zoological Garden of Cologne   (Germany)

Author keywords

'Jarman Bell principle'; Allometry; Body size; Digestibility; Digestive physiology; Gut motility; Herbivory

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DIGESTIBILITY; HERBIVORY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 17144425239     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2005.00062.x     Document Type: Article

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