Sweet and Bitter Taste Discrimination in Primates: Scaling Effects across Species

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 129-138

  Simmen, B ^a   Hladik, C M ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Allometric scaling; Food palatability; Human perception; Primates; Quinine; Sugars; Taste discrimination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TASTE ACUITY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; EVOLUTION; PRIMATES; TASTE THRESHOLD;

EID: 0031643769     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021575     Document Type: Article

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