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... weight , they do not need much more energy to support a large body , and given a large body , they can ferment coarse browse for a longer time in their large gut . Much of basal me- tabolism supports the resting energy of muscle . Leaf ...
... weight , they do not need much more energy to support a large body , and given a large body , they can ferment coarse browse for a longer time in their large gut . Much of basal me- tabolism supports the resting energy of muscle . Leaf ...
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... weight at 32 per cent greater than normal ( Whichelow , 1976 in J. Alt- mann , 1980 ) . For smaller mammals a ... weight into the bargain ( Coelho , 1974 ) . J. Altmann ( 1980 ) uses the human ratios and field data on growth , weights ...
... weight at 32 per cent greater than normal ( Whichelow , 1976 in J. Alt- mann , 1980 ) . For smaller mammals a ... weight into the bargain ( Coelho , 1974 ) . J. Altmann ( 1980 ) uses the human ratios and field data on growth , weights ...
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... Weight gains per unit body weight of females during gestation plotted against mean body weight of adult females . Species producing precocial young invest less in growth per day per unit body weight than do those species bearing ...
... Weight gains per unit body weight of females during gestation plotted against mean body weight of adult females . Species producing precocial young invest less in growth per day per unit body weight than do those species bearing ...
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WHAT WHERE | 3 |
ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES | 34 |
FOOD AND FEEDING | 45 |
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