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Zoology

the relationship in which larger herbivores tolerate lower-quality diets because their gut capacity scales faster with body size than their metabolic needs.

In zoology, Jarman-Bell principle refers to the relationship in which larger herbivores tolerate lower-quality diets because their gut capacity scales faster with body size than their metabolic needs. This meaning comes from Jarman (1974) in Behaviour.[1]

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References

Jarman, P. J. (1974). The Social Organisation of Antelope in Relation To Their Ecology. Behaviour, 48(1-4), 215-267. https://doi.org/10.1163/156853974x00345

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