Digestive physiology of the plains viscacha (Lagostomus maximus): A large herbivorous hystricomorph rodent

Authors: Katharina B. Hagen, Dorothea Besselmann, Ulrike Cyrus-Eulenberger, Catharina Vendl, Sylvia Ortmann, Robert Zingg, Ellen Kienzle, Michael Kreuzer, Jean-Michel Hatt, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: colonic separation mechanism, coprophagy, herbivory, nutrition, obesity

2015

Tadpole nutritional ecology and digestive physiology: Implications for captive rearing of larval anurans

Authors: Gregory S. Pryor

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibian declines, anuran larvae, captive breeding, dietary habits, feeding strategies

2014

Social preference influences female community structure in a population of wild eastern grey kangaroos

Authors: Emily C. Best, Jennifer M. Seddon, Ross G. Dwyer, Anne W. Goldizen

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: community, fission–fusion, kangaroo, macropus-giganteus, network analysis, relatedness, social preference

2013

Energy digestibility of giant pandas on bamboo-only and on supplemented diets

Authors: Tommy G. Finley, Robert S. Sikes, Jennifer L. Parsons, Brian J. Rude, Heidi A. Bissell, John R. Ouellette

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: calorie, carnivore, digestibility trials, extraction, nutrition, supplements

2011

Tooth wear in captive wild ruminant species differs from that of free-ranging conspecifics

Authors: Thomas M. Kaiser, Juliane Brasch, Johanna C. Castell, Ellen Schulz, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Mammalian Biology - Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde

Keywords: browser, grazer, nutrition, tooth wear

2009

Ultraviolet vision in birds: a review

Authors: J. Rajchard

Publication/Journal: Veterinarni Medicina

Keywords: coloring, communication, food detection, plumage, reflectance, uv

2009

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

Authors: Marcus Clauss, Angela Schwarm, Sylvia Ortmann, W. Jürgen Streich, Jürgen Hummel

Publication/Journal: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology

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

2007

Digesta passage rates in the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris)

Authors: Iskande L. V. Larkin, Vivienne F. Fowler, Roger L. Reep

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aquatic herbivore, fecal marker, marine mammal, mean retention time, sirenia

2007

The effect of food quality and relative abundance on food choice in fallow deer

Authors: Ulrika Alm, Björn Birgersson, Olof Leimar

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: abundance, artiodactyla, captivity, cervidae, dama dama, diet, feeding, feeding behavior, feeding preference, food intake, herbivorous, mammalia, nutrient, resource, tannin, toxin, ungulata, vertebrata

2002

Use of local North Carolina browse species to supplement the diet of a captive colony of folivorous primates (Propithecus sp.)

Authors: Jennifer L. Campbell, Kelly M. Glenn, Brian Grossi, Joan H. Eisemann

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: folivores, nutritional management in captivity, primate diets

2001