Why elephant have trunks and giraffe long tongues: how plants shape large herbivore mouth morphology

We investigated whether mass and morphological spatial patterns in plants possibly induced the development of enlarged soft mouth parts in especially megaherbivores. We used power functions and geometric principles to explore allometric relationships of both morphological and foraging characteristic...

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Published in:	Acta zoologica (Stockholm) Vol. 97; no. 2; pp. 246 - 254
Main Authors:	Pretorius, Yolanda, de Boer, Willem F., Kortekaas, Kim, van Wijngaarden, Machiel, Grant, Rina C., Kohi, Edward M., Mwakiwa, Emmanuel, Slotow, Rob, Prins, Herbert H. T.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2016
Subjects:	allometry Animal behavior bite mass Body size Elephants feeding station Herbivores instantaneous intake Leaves Leerstoelgroep Resource Ecology Morphology Mouth PE&RC Resource Ecology
ISSN:	0001-7272, 1463-6395
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