Feed efficiency is one of the economically important traits for the cattle industry that affects
profit (feed costs) and the environment (production of manure and methane). Due to that …

Both teeth and the digestive tract show adaptations that are commonly interpreted in the
context of trophic guilds—faunivory, herbivory and omnivory. Teeth prepare food for the …

Comparative physiology applies methods established in domestic animal science to a wider
variety of species. This can lead to improved insight into evolutionary adaptations of …

We here describe the multiple mechanisms by which ungulates distribute diaspores across
landscapes. There are three primary and three secondary seed dispersal mechanisms by …

Woody plants and grasses are two functionally distinct food groups that pose different
mechanical, nutritional, and ecological challenges to herbivores. Accordingly, herbivores …

Herbivores face the dilemma that the level of feed intake is negatively related to factors that
determine digestive efficiency, such as thoroughness of ingesta comminution by chewing …

Browsing and grazing ruminants are thought to differ in the degree their rumen contents are
stratified—which may be due to different characteristics of their respective forages, to …

Species diversity in large herbivore communities is often explained by niche segregation
allowed by differences in body mass and digestive morphophysiological features. Based on …

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fossil history, taxonomy, genetics, physiology, biomechanics, behavior, ecology, and …

We propose a hypothesis for digestive constraints on the browsing and grazing options
available to ruminants: that the diet-niche range (maximum and minimum grass intake) of a …