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Department of Biological Sciences

Aspects of the energy and water metabolism in the rock hyrax Procavia Capensis and the elephant shrew Elephantulus Edwardi

Abstract

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In three digestion trials the energy intake and assimilation of the hyrax Procavia capensis was evaluated. Energy intake was low but the efficiency of energy assimilation was within the range found for other herbivores.

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Department of Biological Sciences
Year dc:date.issued
1981

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Leon, Belle
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  • Louw, G.N

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16984
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oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/16984

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Leon, Belle. Aspects of the energy and water metabolism in the rock hyrax Procavia Capensis and the elephant shrew Elephantulus Edwardi. Department of Biological Sciences, 1981. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16984