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" Megaherbivores : "
R. Norman Owen-Smith.
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BL
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630851
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Owen-Smith, R. Norman.
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Megaherbivores : : the influence of very large body size on ecology /\ R. Norman Owen-Smith.
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 1988.
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Cambridge studies in ecology
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xiii, 369 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm.
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052136020X
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: 9780521360203
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: 0521426375 (pbk.)
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: 9780521426374 (pbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-363) and index.
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| Contents
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Morphology, evolutionary history and recent distribution -- Evolutionary origins and relationships -- Paleontological diversity -- Distribution of extant species -- Food and other habitat resources -- Food -- Water and other habitat needs -- Comparisons with smaller ungulates -- Space--time patterns of habitat use -- Temporal patterning of activities -- Utilization of space -- Comparisons with smaller ungulates -- Body size and nutritional physiology -- Metabolic requirements -- Gut anatomy -- Food intake and digestion -- Body size and feeding ecology -- Diet quality -- Foraging time -- Home range extent -- Trophic ecology of megaherbivores: summary -- Social organization and behavior -- Group structure -- Male dominance relations -- Courtship and mating -- Responses to predators -- Comparisons with smaller ungulates -- Life history -- Infancy and juvenilehood -- Adolescence and puberty -- Reproduction by females -- Reproduction by males -- Mortality and lifespan -- Comparisons with smaller ungulates -- Body size and sociobiology -- Grouping patterns -- Male dominance systems -- Female mate choice -- Body size and reproductive patterns -- Seasonality of reproduction -- Age at first conception -- Birth intervals -- Maternal investment in reproduction -- Offspring sex ratio -- Demography -- Population structure -- Population growth -- Population density and biomass -- Comparisons with smaller ungulates -- Community interactions -- Impact on vegetation -- Effects on other large herbivores.
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Herbivores-- Size.
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Herbivores-- Ecology.
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Ungulates-- Size.
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Ungulates-- Ecology.
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Mammals-- Size.
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Mammals-- Ecology.
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QL737.U4O95 1988
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