The sensory ecology of primate food perception

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 171-186

  Dominy, Nathaniel J ^a   Lucas, Peter W ^a   Osorio, Daniel ^b   Yamashita, Nayuta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding; Foraging; Nutrition; Perception; Sensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035604288     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.1031     Document Type: Review

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