Comparative chewing efficiency in mammalian herbivores
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Comparative Chewing Efficiency in Mammalian Herbivores
J. Fritz and E. Kienzle, Inst. of Animal Physiology, Physiological Chemistry and Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, LudwigMaximilians-Univ. of Munich, Germany. J. Hummel, Inst. of Animal Science, Univ. of Bonn, Germany. C. Arnold and C. Nunn, Dept of Anthropology, Peabody Museum, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. M. Clauss ([email protected]), Clinic for Zoo Animal...
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عنوان ژورنال: Oikos
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0030-1299,1600-0706
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17807.x