Gizzard vs. teeth, it's a tie: food-processing efficiency in herbivorous birds and mammals and implications for dinosaur feeding, strategies.
In: Paleobiology, Jg. 37 (2011-09-01), Heft 4, S. 577-586
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The article discusses a research study on the implications for dinosaur feeding strategies by comparing food processing efficiency of herbivorous birds with the gizzard system and mammals using their teeth. Study subjects include 14 herbivorous bird species and 111 non-ruminant herbivorous mammal species for the quantitative comparison of their food comminution efficiency by investigating the mean fecal particle sizes (MPS). Results showed the increase in MPS with body mass and similar efficiencies on the food processing by the chewing teeth and gizzard system that led to the question about the rare evolution of the gizzard system among amniote herbivores.
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Gizzard vs. teeth, it's a tie: food-processing efficiency in herbivorous birds and mammals and implications for dinosaur feeding, strategies.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Fritz, Julia ; Hummel, Jürgen ; Kienzle, Ellen ; Wings, Oliver ; Streich, W. Jürgen ; Clauss, Marcus |
Zeitschrift: | Paleobiology, Jg. 37 (2011-09-01), Heft 4, S. 577-586 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2011 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0094-8373 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1666/10031.1 |
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