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SUBMITTER: Pineda-Munoz S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4100522 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20140801 1789
Understanding the feeding behaviour of the species that make up any ecosystem is essential for designing further research. Mammals have been studied intensively, but the criteria used for classifying their diets are far from being standardized. We built a database summarizing the dietary preferences of terrestrial mammals using published data regarding their stomach contents. We performed multivariate analyses in order to set up a standardized classification scheme. Ideally, food consumption per ...[more]