Methane output of tortoises: its contribution to energy loss related to herbivore body mass.
An increase in body mass (M) is traditionally considered advantageous for herbivores in terms of digestive efficiency. However, recently increasing methane losses with increasing M were described in mammals. To test this pattern in non-mammal herbivores, we conducted feeding trails with 24 tortoises...
Main Authors: | Ragna Franz, Carla R Soliva, Michael Kreuzer, Jean-Michel Hatt, Samuel Furrer, Jürgen Hummel, Marcus Clauss |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-03-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3052317?pdf=render |
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