The Nutrition of "Browsers"

Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 444-454

  Clauss, Marcus ^a   Dierenfeld, Ellen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84884840719     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-141604047-7.50058-0     Document Type: Chapter

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