@article{6cf90c63431047158d587f81e3422a12,
title = "Geophagy by a large herbivore (capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) driven by a human sodium supply",
abstract = "Reasons for geophagy (soil consumption) by herbivorous animals have long been debated. We provide direct evidence of artificial sodium (Na) enrichment driving geophagy by capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), a large herbivore in western Amazonia. Abstract in Spanish is available with online material.",
keywords = "Tiputini, capybara, geophagy, mineral lick, salt lick, sodium deficiency, soil consumption, western Amazon",
author = "Duvall, {Ethan S.} and Hoeneisen, {Naia Andrade} and Esteban Su{\'a}rez and Flecker, {Alexander S.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2024 Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation.",
year = "2024",
month = may,
doi = "10.1111/btp.13314",
language = "Ingl{\'e}s",
volume = "56",
journal = "Biotropica",
issn = "0006-3606",
number = "3",
}