Digestive strategies in two sympatrically occurring lagomorphs

Separation of low digestible fibres and fermentation of the digestible part of the food in the caecum is an adaptation of some small herbivores to cope with low-quality forage. The caecum content is later re-ingested as soft faeces so that the herbivore can benefit from this protein-rich material. T...

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Published in:	Journal of zoology (1987) Vol. 264; no. 2; pp. 171 - 178
Main Authors:	Kuijper, D.P.J, Wieren, S.E. van, Bakker, J.P
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Cambridge University Press 01.10.2004 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects:	barnacle geese caecotrophy Diet diet quality different feeding strategies Digestive system Dry matter Fermentation fiber fibre Food plants Food quality Forage hare Herbivores Ingestion Lepus europaeus mammalian herbivores Nitrogen nitrogen digestion Oryctolagus cuniculus Plant species rabbit Rabbits Retention Retention time stratified upland landscape Oryctolagus cuniculus rabbit Lepus europaeus caecotrophy hare fibre nitrogen digestion
ISSN:	0952-8369, 1469-7998
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