Diet, body size and the energy costs of locomotion in saltatory primates

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 86-100

  Warren, Ruth Dorcas ^a   Crompton, Robin Huw ^b  

^a Terrestrial Science Group at the Headquarters   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avahi occidentalis; Galago moholi; Kinetic energy costs; Lepilemur edwardsi; Metabolic energy costs; Otolemur crassicaudatus; Tarsius bancanus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001828353     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000052701     Document Type: Review

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