To chew or not to chew: fecal particle size in herbivorous reptiles and mammals.

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

• Publication date

  2010-11-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1002/jez.629PMID 20623497
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