The relationship of food intake and ingesta passage predicts feeding ecology in two different megaherbivore groups

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 209-216

  Clauss, Marcus ^a   Jurgen Streich W ^b   Schwarm, Angela ^b   Ortmann, Sylvia ^b   Hummel, Jürgen ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c Animal Nutrition Group   (Germany)

^d Zoological Garden of Cologne   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORE; INGESTION RATE; OMNIVORY; UNGULATE;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; HIPPOPOTAMIDAE;

EID: 33846430831     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.15461.x     Document Type: Article

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