Rumen physiology constrains diet niche: linking digestive physiology and food selection across wild ruminant species

Evolutionary adaptations of ruminants and their potential relevance for modern production systems

(2010) M. Clauss et al.   Animal

Enamel ridge alignment in upper molars of ruminants in relation to their natural diet

(2010) T. M. Kaiser et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Differential passage of fluids and different-sized particles in fistulated oxen (Bos primigenius f. taurus), muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus), reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) and moose (Alces alces): Rumen particle size discrimination is independent from contents stratification

(2009) Isabel Lechner et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

The intraruminal papillation gradient in wild ruminants of different feeding types: Implications for rumen physiology

(2009) Marcus Clauss et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Convergence in the macroscopic anatomy of the reticulum in wild ruminant species of different feeding types and a new resulting hypothesis on reticular function

(2009) M. Clauss et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Physical characteristics of rumen contents in four large ruminants of different feeding type, the addax (Addax nasomaculatus), bison (Bison bison), red deer (Cervus elaphus) and moose (Alces alces)

(2008) Marcus Clauss et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Investigations on the stratification of forestomach contents in ruminants: an ultrasonographic approach

(2008) Andreas Tschuor et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Physical characteristics of reticuloruminal contents of oxen in relation to forage type and time after feeding

(2008) J. Hummel et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND ANIMAL NUTRITION

Higher masseter muscle mass in grazing than in browsing ruminants

(2008) Marcus Clauss et al.   OECOLOGIA

The evolution of ecological specialization in southern African ungulates: competition- or physical environmental turnover?

(2008) Daryl Codron et al.   OIKOS

Physical characteristics of rumen contents in two small ruminants of different feeding type, the mouflon (Ovis ammon musimon) and the roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)

(2008) Marcus Clauss et al.   ZOOLOGY

Fluid and particle retention in the digestive tract of the addax antelope (Addax nasomaculatus)—Adaptations of a grazing desert ruminant

(2007) Jürgen Hummel et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Convergent evolution in feeding types: Salivary gland mass differences in wild ruminant species

(2007) Reinold R. Hofmann et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Differences in fecal particle size between free-ranging and captive individuals of two browser species

(2007) Jürgen Hummel et al.   ZOO BIOLOGY