Comparative primate energetics and hominid evolution

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 265-281

  Leonard, William R ^a   Robertson, Marcia L ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

activity patterns; diet quality; ecosystem ecology; energy metabolism; foraging behavior; Homo erectus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOMINID; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMATE;

ANIMALS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; PALEONTOLOGY; PRIMATES;

EID: 0030946336     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199702)102:2<265::AID-AJPA8>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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