Forage fibre digestion, rates of feed passage and gut fill in juvenile and adult red kangaroos Macropus rufus Desmarest: Why body size matters

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1535-1547

  Munn, Adam J ^a,b   Dawson, Terence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fibre digestion; Gut fill; Herbivore; Juvenile mortality; Kangaroo

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; MALE; MARSUPIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH JUICE;

AGING; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; MACROPODIDAE; MALE;

AVENA SATIVA; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS RUFUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; METATHERIA;

EID: 33646752209     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02137     Document Type: Article

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