Geological nature of mineral licks and the reasons for geophagy among animals

Panichev, Alexander M.; Popov, Vladimir K.; Chekryzhov, Igor Yu.; Seryodkin, Ivan V.; Sergievich, Alexander A.; Golokhvast, Kirill S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2767-2017

Articles | Volume 14, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2767-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2767-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 11

Research article

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07 Jun 2017

Research article |

| 07 Jun 2017

Geological nature of mineral licks and the reasons for geophagy among animals

Alexander M. Panichev, Vladimir K. Popov, Igor Yu. Chekryzhov, Ivan V. Seryodkin, Alexander A. Sergievich, and Kirill S. Golokhvast

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RC1: 'Theme is well revealed', Nataliya Bgatova, 04 Nov 2016
- AC1: 'response', Kirill Golokhvast, 20 Jan 2017
RC2: 'This scientific work is very interesting and of great actuality', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 Jan 2017
- AC2: 'response', Kirill Golokhvast, 20 Jan 2017
AC3: 'Final comments', Kirill Golokhvast, 17 Feb 2017
AC4: 'Response Letter', Kirill Golokhvast, 23 Mar 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (24 Mar 2017) by Sébastien Fontaine

AR by Kirill Golokhvast on behalf of the Authors (24 Mar 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (04 Apr 2017) by Sébastien Fontaine

ED: Publish as is (05 Apr 2017) by Sébastien Fontaine

AR by Kirill Golokhvast on behalf of the Authors (08 Apr 2017) Manuscript

Short summary

We considers the reasons for geophagy in two regions of the eastern Sikhote-Alin volcanic belt and show that one of the types of rock consumed is kudur, a natural landscape complex. Through comparative analysis of the composition of the rocks and of animal excrement, we establish that the rocks are hydrothermally altered rhyolitic tuffs. The data suggest that the main reason for geophagy may be connected with the animals' urge to discard excessive and toxic concentrations of certain elements.