To chew or not to chew: Fecal particle size in herbivorous reptiles and mammals

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 313 A, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 579-586

  Fritz, Julia ^a   Hummel, Jürgen ^b   Kienzle, Ellen ^a   Streich, W Jürgen ^c   Clauss, Marcus ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPTILE; STOMACH JUICE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; PARTICLE SIZE; REPTILES;

CORUCIA ZEBRATA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINIDAE; TESTUDO HERMANNI;

EID: 77958477245     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: 19325231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.629     Document Type: Article

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