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Facts from faeces
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Some of the current methods available to the mammalogist for ecological detection from dung and some of the ecological areas in which it may offer information are reviewed.Abstract:
For any frustrated field-mammalogists seeking observational data on their elusive study animals, dung may represent the most readily-available and easily-collected source of information upon which they may fall back in despair. Yet it is surprising how much ecological information may be deduced from an analysis of faecal depositions. This present article reviews some of the current methods available to the mammalogist for ecological detection from dung and some of the ecological areas in which it may offer information.read more
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Identification of hair and feather remains in the gut and faeces of stoats and weasels
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Allometry of the limb bones of mammals from shrews (Sorex) to elephant (Loxodonta)
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Energy Values of Ecological Materials
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