Digesta retention time in the Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 493-497

  Sadeghayobi, Elham ^a   Blake, Stephen ^b,c,d,e,f   Wikelski, Martin ^b   Gibbs, James ^e   Mackie, Roderick ^g   Cabrera, Fredy ^d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d Charles Darwin Foundation   (Ecuador)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Digesta retention; Digestive ecology; Gal pagos tortoise; Herbivory; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; REPTILE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED SIZE; TORTOISE;

ANIMALIA; GEOCHELONE NIGRA; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 80053180562     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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