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Part I. Introduction: 1. Gut form and function D. J. Chivers and P. Langer;
2. Food and digestion of Caenozoic mammals in Europe P. Langer; 3.
Modelling gut function C. Martínez del Rio, S. J. Cork and W. H. Karasov;
4. Optimum gut structure for specified diets R. McNeill Alexander; Part II.
Food: 5. Foods and the digestive system C. M. Hladik and D. J. Chivers; 6.
Classification of foods for comparative analysis of gastro-intestinal
tracts P. Langer and D. J. Chivers; 7. The carnivorous herbivores R. J.
Moir; 8. Nutritional ecology of fruit-eating and flower-visiting birds and
bats C. Martínez del Rio; 9. Herbivory and niche partitioning M. R. Perrin;
10. Taste discrimination and diet differentiation among New World primates
B. Simmen; 11. Potential hominid plant foods from woody species in
semi-arid vs. sub-humid subtropical Africa C. R. Peters and E. M. O'Brien;
Part III. Form: 12. The form of selected regions of the gastro-intestinal
tract G. Björnhag and P. Langer; 13. Categorisation of food items relevant
to oral processing P. W. Lucas; 14. A direct method for measurement of
gross surface area of mammalian gastro-intestinal tracts M. Young Owl; 15.
Morphometric methods for determining surface enlargement at the microscopic
level in the large intestine and their application R. L. Snipes; 16.
Weaning time and bypass structures in fore-stomachs of Marsupalia and
Eutheria P. Langer; 17. Adaptations in the large intestine allowing small
animals to eat fibrous foods G. Björnhag; Part IV. Function: 18. Foraging
and digestion in herbivores G. O. Batzli and I. D. Hume; 19. Gut
morphology, body size and digestive performance in rodents I. D. Hume; 20.
The integrated processing response in herbivorous small mammals G. O.
Batzli, A. D. Broussard and R. J. Oliver; 21. Digestive constraints on
dietary scope in small and moderately-small mammals S. J. Cork; 22. Effects
and costs of allelochemicals for mammalian herbivores W. J. Foley and C.
McArthur; 23. Short-chain fatty acids as a physiological signal from gut
microbes T. Sakata; Part V. Synthesis and Perspectives: 24. Food, form and
function D. J. Chivers, P. Langer, C. Martínez del Rio, S. J. Cork, W. H.
Karasov, R. McNeill Alexander, C. M. Hladik, R. J. Moir, M. R. Perrin, B.
Simmen, C. R. Peters, E. M. O'Brien, G. Björnhag, P. W. Lucas, M. Young
Owl, R. L. Snipes, G. O. Batzli, I. D. Hume, A. D. Broussard, R. J. Oliver,
W. J. Foley, C. McArthur and T. Sakata.
