Do we ditch digestive physiology in explaining the classic relationship between herbivore body size diet and diet quality?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1059-1060

  Mcarthur, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84908255656     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12301     Document Type: Article

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