Functional differentiation of African grazing ruminants: An example of specialized adaptations to very small changes in diet

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 755-764

  Codron, Daryl ^a,b   Brink, James S ^b,c   Rossouw, Lloyd ^b   Clauss, Marcus ^d   Codron, Jacqui ^e   Lee Thorp, Julia A ^f   Sponheimer, Matt ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Craniodental adaptation; Dentine collagen; Florisbad; Hypsodonty; Nitrogen isotopes; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DENTITION; DIET; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD SELECTION; GRAZING; MORPHOLOGY; RUMINANT; TAXONOMY;

BOVIDAE;

EID: 48249088060     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01028.x     Document Type: Article

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