Significance of color, calories, and climate to the visual ecology of catarrhines

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 189-207

  Dominy, Nathaniel J ^a   Lucas, Peter W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Nutrition; Opsin; Rainfall; Seasonality; Trichromatic vision

Indexed keywords

COLOR; DIET; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PRIMATE; SEASONALITY; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; COLOR; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; UGANDA;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CLIMATE; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; EVOLUTION; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; PAN TROGLODYTES; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; UGANDA;

CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS ASCANIUS; COLOBUS; COLOBUS GUEREZA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES; PROCOLOBUS BADIUS; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 1842735848     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20015     Document Type: Article

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