Assessing the Jarman-Bell Principle: Scaling of intake, digestibility, retention time and gut fill with body mass in mammalian herbivores

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 129-140

  Müller, Dennis W H ^a,b   Codron, Daryl ^a,c   Meloro, Carlo ^d   Munn, Adam ^e   Schwarm, Angela ^f   Hummel, Jürgen ^g,h   Clauss, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b National Park 'Bavarian Forest'   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^f LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allometry; Body size; Diet quality; Digestion; Digestive physiology; Feeding ecology; Herbivory; Jarman Bell Principle

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; DRY MATTER GUT CONTENT; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOLOGY; ENERGY RESOURCE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; HERBIVORE; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; RATING SCALE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84870227590     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.09.018     Document Type: Article

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