Seasonality and site specificity of mechanical dietary patterns in two malagasy lemur families (Lemuridae and Indriidae)

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 355-387

  Yamashita, Nayula ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

diet; hardness; lemurs; physical food properties; shear strength

Indexed keywords

DIADEMA; EULEMUR FULVUS; EULEMUR RUBRIVENTER; HEXAPODA; INDRIDAE; INSECTA; LEMUR; LEMUR CATTA; LEMURIDAE; PROPITHECUS; PROPITHECUS DIADEMA EDWARDSI; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0029784293     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02736627     Document Type: Article

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