Soil consumption by Elephants might help to minimize the toxic effects of plant secondary compounds in forest browse
- 1 December 2001
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Mammal Review
- Vol. 31 (3-4) , 249-254
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2907.2001.00091.x
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