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Herbivory and body size: allometries of diet quality and gastrointestinal physiology, and implications for herbivore ecology and dinosaur gigantism by Clauss, Marcus, Steuer, Patrick, Müller, Dennis W H, Codron, Daryl, Hummel, Jürgen

“…Digestive physiology has played a prominent role in explanations for terrestrial herbivore body size evolution and size-driven diversification and niche…”
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Does body mass convey a digestive advantage for large herbivores? by Steuer, Patrick, Südekum, Karl‐Heinz, Tütken, Thomas, Müller, Dennis W. H, Kaandorp, Jacques, Bucher, Martin, Clauss, Marcus, Hummel, Jürgen, McArthur, Clare

“…A key concept of body mass (BM) in niche separation of large herbivores assumes that the decrease in diet quality inherent to increasing BM (due to less…”
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Digesta kinetics in gazelles in comparison to other ruminants: Evidence for taxon-specific rumen fluid throughput to adjust digesta washing to the natural diet by Dittmann, Marie T., Hummel, Jürgen, Hammer, Sven, Arif, Abdi, Hebel, Christiana, Müller, Dennis W.H., Fritz, Julia, Steuer, Patrick, Schwarm, Angela, Kreuzer, Michael, Clauss, Marcus

“…Digesta flow plays an important role in ruminant digestive physiology. We measured the mean retention time (MRT) of a solute and a particle marker in the…”
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Retention of fluid and particles in captive tapirs ( Tapirus sp.) by Clauss, Marcus, Lang-Deuerling, Stefanie, Müller, Dennis W.H., Kienzle, Ellen, Steuer, Patrick, Hummel, Jürgen

“…The retention of ingesta in the digestive tract is a major characteristic of herbivorous animals. We measured particle and fluid mean retention times (MRT) in…”
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Navigating Client Deaths in the Community Mental Health Center: A Humanistic Approach to Clinical Supervision by Craig, Adam K., Hamm, Jay A., Steuer, Patrick, Leonhardt, Bethany L.

“…Mental health providers in community mental health centers (CMHCs) often contend with patient deaths but there is little established guidance in the literature…”
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Does age matter?-Efficiency of mechanical food break down in Tupaia belangeri at different ages by Schwermann, Achim H, Schultz, Julia A, Fuchs, Eberhard, Leha, Andreas, Hummel, Jürgen, Kullmer, Ottmar, Steuer, Patrick, Martin, Thomas

“…The relationship of food comminution and individual age in Tupaia belangeri is investigated. It is hypothesized that with increasing age the performance of the…”
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Faecal particle size: Digestive physiology meets herbivore diversity by Clauss, Marcus, Steuer, Patrick, Erlinghagen-Lückerath, Kerstin, Kaandorp, Jacques, Fritz, Julia, Südekum, Karl-Heinz, Hummel, Jürgen

“…In herbivore ecophysiology, comparative chewing efficiency has only recently received increased attention. This measure is best assessed on un-processed…”
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A small scale in vitro system for high throughput gas production analysis – A comparison with the Hohenheim gas test by Elberg, Karola, Steuer, Patrick, Habermann, Ute, Lenz, Jürgen, Nelles, Michael, Südekum, Karl-Heinz

“…•Automated in vitro system (micro gas system) on basis of the Hohenheim gas test.•System is small in space and time saving.•12 feeds were tested simultaneously…”
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Is there an influence of body mass on digesta mean retention time in herbivores? A comparative study on ungulates by Steuer, Patrick, Südekum, Karl-Heinz, Müller, Dennis W.H., Franz, Ragna, Kaandorp, Jacques, Clauss, Marcus, Hummel, Jürgen

“…The relation between body mass (BM) and digesta mean retention time (MRT) in herbivores was the focus of several studies in recent years. It was assumed that…”
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Methane production in relation to body mass of ruminants and equids by Franz, R, Soliva, C R, Kreuzer, M, Steuer, P, Hummel, J, Clauss, M

“…Background: Mammalian herbivores produce methane during digestion. Questions: Do ruminants (such as bovids) produce more methane during digestion than do…”
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Fibre digestibility in large herbivores as related to digestion type and body mass — An in vitro approach by Steuer, Patrick, Südekum, Karl-Heinz, Müller, Dennis W.H., Kaandorp, Jacques, Clauss, Marcus, Hummel, Jürgen

“…The coexistence of different ungulate species in a given ecosystem has been the focus of many studies. Differences between ruminant foregut fermenters and…”
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Food intake rates of herbivorous mammals and birds and the influence of body mass by Steuer, Patrick, Hummel, Jürgen, Grosse-Brinkhaus, Christine, Südekum, Karl-Heinz

“…The bite size and bite rate of an animal determines its food intake rate. Because of the importance of ingesting food, this behaviour makes up a large part of…”
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Fluid and particle retention in the digestive tract of the addax antelope ( Addax nasomaculatus)—Adaptations of a grazing desert ruminant by Hummel, Jürgen, Steuer, Patrick, Südekum, Karl-Heinz, Hammer, Sven, Hammer, Catrin, Streich, W. Jürgen, Clauss, Marcus

“…Retention time of food in the digestive tract is a major aspect describing the digestive physiology of herbivores. Differences in feed retention times have…”
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An isthmus at the caecocolical junction is an anatomical feature of domestic and wild equids by Clauss, Marcus, Hummel, Jürgen, Schwarm, Angela, Steuer, Patrick, Fritz, Julia, Martin Jurado, Olga, Tschudin, Anja, Hatt, Jean-Michel

“…The isthmus at the caecocolical junction in domestic equids is well described. Like another isthmus between the ansa proximalis coli (the colonic fermentation…”
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