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BL
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1015921
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b770291
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The digestive system in mammals : : food, form, and function /\ edited by D.J. Chivers, P. Langer.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge [England] ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 1994.
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xiv, 446 pages :: illustrations, map ;; 24 cm
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0521440165
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: 9780521440165
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| Notes
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Papers from a workshop held at Selwyn College, Mar. 31-April 4, 1992.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Direct method for measurement of gross surface area of mammalian gastro-intestinal tracts / M. Young Owl -- Morphometric methods for determining surface enlargement at the microscopic level in the large intestine and their application / R.L. Snipes -- Weaning time and bypass structures in the forestomachs of Marsupialia and Eutheria / P. Langer -- Adaptations in the large intestine allowing small animals to eat fibrous foods / G. Bjornhag -- Function -- Foraging and digestion in herbivores / G.O. Batzli, I.D. Hume.
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Gut form and function: variations and terminology / D.J. Chivers, P. Langer -- Food and digestion of Cenozoic mammals in Europe / P. Langer -- Modeling gut function: an introduction / C. Martinez del Rio, S.J. Cork, W.H. Karasov -- Optimum gut structure for specified diets / R. McNeill Alexander -- Food -- Foods and the digestive system / C.M. Hladik, D.J. Chivers -- Classification of foods for comparative analysis of the gastro-intestinal tract / P. Langer, D.J. Chivers -- Carnivorous herbivores / R.J. Moir.
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Gut morphology, body size and digestive performance in rodents / I.D. Hume -- Integrated processing response in herbivorous small mammals / G.O. Batzli, A.D. Broussard, R.J. Oliver -- Digestive constraints on dietary scope in small and moderately-small mammals: how much do we really understand / S.J. Cork -- Effects and costs of allelochemicals for mammalian herbivores: an ecological perspective / W.J. Foley, C. McArthur -- Short-chain fatty acids as a physiological signal from gut microbes / T. Sakata.
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Nutritional ecology of fruit-eating and flower-visiting birds and bats / C. Martinez del Rio -- Herbivory and niche partitioning / M.R. Perrin -- Taste discrimination and diet differentiation among New World primates / B. Simmen -- Potential hominid plant foods from woody species in semi-arid versus sub-humid sub-tropical Africa / C.R. Peters, E.M. O'Brien -- Form -- Form of selected regions of the gastro-intestinal tract / G. Bjornhag, P. Langer -- Categorisation of food items relevant to oral processing / P.W. Lucus.
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Synthesis and perspectives -- Food, form and function: interrelationships and future needs.
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Digestion.
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Gastrointestinal system-- Physiology.
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Mammals-- Physiology.
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Appareil digestif-- Congrès.
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Digestion-- Congrès.
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Digestion.
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Gastrointestinal system-- Physiology.
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Mammals-- Physiology.
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Mammifères-- Physiologie-- Congrès.
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Sistema Digestivo (Fisiologia)
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Digestive System Physiological Phenomena.
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Maagdarmstelsel.
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Zoogdieren.
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Digestion-- physiology.
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Digestive System-- anatomy histology.
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Mammals-- physiology.
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| Dewey Classification
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599/.0132
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QP145.D565 1994
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1994 H-048
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WI 102D5727 1994
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42.63bcl
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FA 11blsrissc
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Chivers, David John.
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Langer, Peter,1942-
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