Revisiting the dietary niche: When is a mammalian herbivore a specialist

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 274-290

  Shipley, Lisa A ^a   Forbey, Jennifer S ^b   Moore, Ben D ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

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ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 76149098217     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icp051     Document Type: Article

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