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Megaherbivores :

052136020X

0521426375 (pbk.)

9780521360203

9780521426374 (pbk.)

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Megaherbivores :

[Book]

the influence of very large body size on ecology /

R. Norman Owen-Smith.

New York :

Cambridge University Press,

1988.

xiii, 369 p. :

ill. ;

24 cm.

Cambridge studies in ecology

Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-363) and index.

Morphology, evolutionary history and recent distribution -- Evolutionary origins and relationships -- Paleontological diversity -- Distribution of extant species -- Food and other habitat resources -- Food -- Water and other habitat needs -- Comparisons with smaller ungulates -- Space--time patterns of habitat use -- Temporal patterning of activities -- Utilization of space -- Comparisons with smaller ungulates -- Body size and nutritional physiology -- Metabolic requirements -- Gut anatomy -- Food intake and digestion -- Body size and feeding ecology -- Diet quality -- Foraging time -- Home range extent -- Trophic ecology of megaherbivores: summary -- Social organization and behavior -- Group structure -- Male dominance relations -- Courtship and mating -- Responses to predators -- Comparisons with smaller ungulates -- Life history -- Infancy and juvenilehood -- Adolescence and puberty -- Reproduction by females -- Reproduction by males -- Mortality and lifespan -- Comparisons with smaller ungulates -- Body size and sociobiology -- Grouping patterns -- Male dominance systems -- Female mate choice -- Body size and reproductive patterns -- Seasonality of reproduction -- Age at first conception -- Birth intervals -- Maternal investment in reproduction -- Offspring sex ratio -- Demography -- Population structure -- Population growth -- Population density and biomass -- Comparisons with smaller ungulates -- Community interactions -- Impact on vegetation -- Effects on other large herbivores.

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Herbivores-- Ecology.

Herbivores-- Size.

Mammals-- Ecology.

Mammals-- Size.

Ungulates-- Ecology.

Ungulates-- Size.

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Owen-Smith, R. Norman.

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