Surface enlargement in the rumen of free-ranging muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus)

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 181-185

  Clauss, Marcus ^a   Adamczewski, Jan ^b   Hofmann, Reinhold R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c Trompeterhaus (formerly Leibniz Institute of Zoo and Wildlife Biology IZW Berlin)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Browser; Grazer; Intermediate feeder; Papillation; Stratification

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; OVIBOS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS;

EID: 77952542925     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-009-0301-4     Document Type: Article

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