The digestive morphophysiology of wild, free-living, giraffes.

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology

• Publication date

  2015-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.cbpa.2015.05.015PMID 26021980
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