Herbivorous reptiles and body mass: Effects on food intake, digesta retention, digestibility and gut capacity, and a comparison with mammals

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-101

  Franz, Ragna ^a   Hummel, Jürgen ^b   Müller, Dennis W H ^a   Bauert, Martin ^c   Hatt, Jean Michel ^a   Clauss, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c Zoo Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Digestion; Digestive physiology; Herbivory; Hindgut fermentation; Passage

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER; PROTEIN;

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; GEOCHELONE NIGRA; GEOCHELONE SULCATA; HERBIVORE; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PROTEIN CONTENT; REPTILE; TESTUDO GRAECA; TESTUDO HERMANNI; TURTLE;

ALDABRACHELYS ELEPHANTINA; GEOCHELONE NIGRA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINIDAE; TESTUDO GRAECA;

EID: 78649633826     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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