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Herbivory Adaptation

Herbivory Adaptation is a biological adaptation constituting a specialized physiological, anatomical, or behavioral trait that enables mammals to efficiently consume, digest, and derive nutrients from plant-based diets, distinguishing it from adaptations associated with other dietary strategies.

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2017–2026

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The resource availability hypothesis revisited: a meta‐analysis

María‐José Endara, Phyllis D. Coley · Functional Ecology · 2010 · 603 citations

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The maximum attainable body size of herbivorous mammals: morphophysiological constraints on foregut, and adaptations of hindgut fermenters

Roland Frey, Brendan Kiefer, M. Lechner‐Doll et al. · Oecologia · 2003 · 230 citations · Full text

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Seaweed Adaptations to Herbivory

J. Emmett Duffy, Mark E. Hay · BioScience · 1990 · 193 citations · Full text

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Digestive physiology of the deer - their morphophysiological specialisation and adaptation.

R. R. Hofmann, P. F. Fennessy, Katie Drew · 1985 · 183 citations

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Fine-scale adaptation of herbivorous thrips to individual host plants

Richard Karban · Nature · 1989 · 148 citations

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Authors

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  1. WJ
    W. Jürgen Streich

    Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Germany

    3 publications · 402 citations

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  2. AS
    Angela Schwarm

    ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    2 publications · 172 citations

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  3. JL
    Jessica L. Sanchez

    Florida International University, United States

    2 publications · 36 citations

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  4. JH
    Jürgen Hummel

    University of Bonn, Germany

    2 publications · 172 citations

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  5. SO
    Sylvia Ortmann

    Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Germany

    2 publications · 172 citations

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Institutions

74

  1. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    480 citations

  2. University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    1.3K citations

  3. Universidad de la República de Uruguay

    Montevideo, Uruguay

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    100 citations

  4. Florida International University

    Miami, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    72 citations

  5. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    84 citations

  6. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    192 citations

  7. Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research

    Berlin, Germany

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    1K citations

  8. University of Turku

    Turku, Finland

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    144 citations

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  1. Oecologia

    8 publications · 630 citations

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  2. Journal of Chemical Ecology

    4 publications · 155 citations

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  3. Oikos

    3 publications · 229 citations

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  4. Evolution

    2 publications · 51 citations

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  5. Plant Ecology

    2 publications · 48 citations

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