Digestive physiology has played a prominent role in explanations for terrestrial herbivore
body size evolution and size-driven diversification and niche differentiation. This is based on …

This meta-analysis was performed to evaluate whether voluntary feed intake and digestibility
of forage-based diets differ between four domestic ruminant species, ie sheep, goats, cattle …

Differences in allometric scaling of physiological characters have the appeal to explain
species diversification and niche differentiation along a body mass (BM) gradient—because …

Fire and herbivory interact to alter ecosystems and carbon cycling. In savannas, herbivores
can reduce fire activity by removing grass biomass, but the size of these effects and what …

Despite the shared prediction that the width of a population's dietary niche expands as food
becomes limiting, the Niche Variation Hypothesis (NVH) and Optimal Foraging Theory (OFT) …

Methane emissions from ruminant livestock have been intensively studied in order to reduce
contribution to the greenhouse effect. Ruminants were found to produce more enteric …

Woody plants and grasses are two functionally distinct food groups that pose different
mechanical, nutritional, and ecological challenges to herbivores. Accordingly, herbivores …

Differences in botanical diet compositions among a large number of moose faecal samples
collected during winter correlated with the nutritional differences identified in the same …

Chewing efficiency has been associated with fitness in mammals, yet little is known about
the behavioral, ecological, and morphological factors that influence chewing efficiency in …

Different diets wear teeth in different ways and generate distinguishable wear and
microwear patterns that have long been the basis of palaeodiet reconstructions. Little …