• Body size and digestive system shape resource selection by ungulates: A cross-taxa test of the forage maturation hypothesis 

      Esmaeili, Saeideh; Jesmer, Brett R.; Albeke, Shannon E.; Aikens, Ellen O.; Schoenecker, Kathryn A.; King, Sarah R. B.; Abrahms, Briana; Buuveibaatar, Bayarbaatar; Beck, Jeffrey L.; Boone, Randall B.; Cagnacci, Francesca; Chamaillé-Jammes, Simon; Chimeddorj, Buyanaa; Cross, Paul C.; Dejid, Nandintsetseg; Enkhbyar, Jagdag; Fischhoff, Ilya R.; Ford, Adam T.; Jenks, Kate; Hemami, Mahmoud-Reza; Hennig, Jacob D.; Ito, Takehiko Y.; Kaczensky, Petra; Kauffman, Matthew J.; Linnell, John Durrus; Lkhagvasuren, Badamjav; McEvoy, John F.; Melzheimer, Joerg; Merkle, Jerod A.; Mueller, Thomas; Muntifering, Jeff; Mysterud, Atle; Olson, Kirk A.; Panzacchi, Manuela; Payne, John C.; Pedrotti, Luca; Rauset, Geir Rune; Rubenstein, Daniel I.; Sawyer, Hall; Scasta, John. D.; Signer, Johannes; Songer, Melissa; Stabach, Jared A.; Stapleton, Seth; Strand, Olav; Sundaresan, Siva R.; Usukhjargal, Dorj; Uuganbayar, Ganbold; Fryxell, John M.; Goheen, Jacob R. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The forage maturation hypothesis (FMH) states that energy intake for ungulates is maximised when forage biomass is at intermediate levels. Nevertheless, metabolic allometry and different digestive systems suggest that ...