Field kit to characterize physical, chemical and spatial aspects of potential primate foods

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 11-25

  Lucas, P W ^a   Beta, T ^c   Darvell, B W ^a   Dominy, N J ^a   Essackjee, H C ^a   Lee, P K D ^a   Osorio, D ^b   Ramsden, L ^a   Yamashita, N ^a   Yuen, T D B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Colour vision; Diet; Feeding; Food chemistry; Food physics; Geographic Information Systems; Mechanics; Spatial ecology

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; DIET; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD PREFERENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; DIET; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD PREFERENCES; PRIMATES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

PRIMATES;

EID: 17744374558     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000049914     Document Type: Article

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