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

Long-Term Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of Food Availability for Endangered Mountain Gorillas in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

Authors: Cyril C. Grueter, Ferdinand Ndamiyabo, Andrew J. Plumptre, Didier Abavandimwe, Roger Mundry, Katie A. Fawcett, Martha M. Robbins

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: feeding ecology, gorilla beringei, herbaceous plants, rwanda, vegetation dynamics

2013

Estrogenic plant consumption predicts red colobus monkey (Procolobus rufomitratus) hormonal state and behavior

Authors: Michael D. Wasserman, Colin A. Chapman, Katharine Milton, Jan F. Gogarten, Daniel J. Wittwer, Toni E. Ziegler

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: aggression, cortisol, environmental endocrinology, estradiol, grooming, herbivory, kibale national park, legume, mating, phytoestrogen

2012

Variation in Growth and Potentially Associated Health Status in Hermann’s and Spur-Thighed Tortoise (Testudo hermanni and Testudo graeca)

Authors: Julia Ritz, Marcus Clauss, W. Jürgen Streich, Jean-Michel Hatt

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: diet, herbivory, pyramiding, reptile

2012

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