Evidence for a tradeoff between retention time and chewing efficiency in large mammalian herbivores

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 376-382

  Clauss, Marcus ^a   Nunn, Charles ^b,c   Fritz, Julia ^d   Hummel, Jürgen ^e  

^a VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Digestion; Herbivory; Mastication; Metabolism; Retention; Rumination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD INTAKE; HERBIVORE; MASTICATION; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EATING; EQUIDAE; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; MAMMALS; MASTICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUMINANTS;

EID: 70149123820     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.07.016     Document Type: Article

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