digestive anatomy

A case of non-scaling in mammalian physiology? Body size, digestive capacity, food intake, and ingesta passage in mammalian herbivores☆

Authors

M Clauss, A Schwarm, S Ortmann, WJ Streich, J Hummel

2007

Publication/Journal

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology

Keywords

herbivory, digestive physiology, digestive anatomy, body size, ingesta retention, coprophagy, grazer, browser, foregut fermenter, ruminant, hindgut fermenter