Facilitation versus competition in grazing herbivore assemblages

R Arsenault, N Owen‐Smith - Oikos, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The importance of facilitation versus competition in structuring herbivore species
assemblages is a critical issue in theoretical ecology as well as for practical wildlife …

Herbivory and body size: allometries of diet quality and gastrointestinal physiology, and implications for herbivore ecology and dinosaur gigantism

M Clauss, P Steuer, DWH Müller, D Codron, J Hummel - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
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 …

[책][B] Mammal teeth: origin, evolution, and diversity

PS Ungar - 2010 - books.google.com
Winner, 2010 PROSE Award for Excellence in the Biological Sciences. Professional and
Scholarly Publishing division of the Association of American Publishers In this unique book …

[책][B] Cattle behaviour and welfare

C Phillips - 2008 - books.google.com
Cattle are one of our major domesticated animals, a higher mammal with complex mental
and physical needs. The benefit of a knowledge of cattle behaviour means veterinarians and …

Mechanisms of foraging in mammalian herbivores: new models of functional response

DE Spalinger, NT Hobbs - The American Naturalist, 1992 - journals.uchicago.edu
The outcome of many high-order processes in ecology depends on the way in which the
abundance and distribution of plants affect the eating rate of mammalian herbivores …

[책][B] The science and engineering of cutting: the mechanics and processes of separating, scratching and puncturing biomaterials, metals and non-metals

T Atkins - 2009 - books.google.com
The materials mechanics of the controlled separation of a body into two or more parts–
cutting–using a blade or tool or other mechanical implement is a ubiquitous process in most …

Diet preference of sheep: effects of recent diet, physiological state and species abundance

AJ Parsons, JA Newman, PD Penning, A Harvey… - Journal of animal …, 1994 - JSTOR
1. The preference of sheep for two temperate grassland species, ryegrass and white clover,
was tested by releasing flocks (of three ewes) onto swards (0.25 ha) that contained adjacent …

[책][B] Horses and grasses: the nutritional ecology of equids and their impact on the Camargue

P Duncan - 2012 - books.google.com
In 1973, a herd of Camargue horses was released into a nature reserve in the Rhone delta
of France. The comprehensive long-term study of the resulting population eruption provided …

Globalization of the cashmere market and the decline of large mammals in Central Asia

J Berger, B Buuveibaatar, C Mishra - Conservation Biology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
As drivers of terrestrial ecosystems, humans have replaced large carnivores in most areas,
and human influence not only exerts striking ecological pressures on biodiversity at local …

Paleoecological reconstruction of a lower Pleistocene large mammal community using biogeochemical (δ13C, δ15N, δ18O, Sr: Zn) and ecomorphological …

P Palmqvist, DR Gröcke, A Arribas, RA Farina - Paleobiology, 2003 - cambridge.org
Ecomorphological and biogeochemical (trace element, and carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen
isotope ratios) analyses have been used for determining the dietary niches and habitat …