Title:

The relationship among diet, alimentary tract morphology, and life history for five species of rodents from the central Argentine pampa

Creator:

Ellis, B. A. ; Mills, J. N. ; Kennedy, E. J. T. ; Maiztegui, J. I. ; Childs, J. E.

Place of publishing:

Białowieża

Date issued/created:

1994

Description:

A suite of characters describing digestive tract structure has been hypothesized to reflect the relative degree of specialization of the digestive system of rodent species along a continuum from a proteinaceous diet of seeds and insects to a cellulosic diet of vegetation. Similarity, it has been proposed that life history traits might reflect diet and digestive tract structure, with the most oppurtunistic species consuming the most energy-rich diets of seeds and insects. The five members of the rodent assemblage of agroecosystems of the Argentine pampa were found to be omnivores and varied in the relative proportions of seeds, insects, and vegetation consumed.

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

Akodon azarae ; Argentina ; Bolomys obscurus ; Calomys laucha ; Calomys musculinus ; Oligoryzomys flavescens ; diet ; digestive tract ; rodents ; dieta ; pokarm ; przewód pokarmowy ; Argentyna ; gryzonie

Relation:

Acta Theriologica

Volume:

39

Issue:

4

Start page:

345

End page:

355

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

10.4098/AT.arch.94-40

Source:

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Language:

eng ; Sum. eng.

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

Open