Utilization of savanna-based resources by Plio-Pleistocene baboons

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 101, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 245-248

  Codron, Daryl ^a   Luyt, Julie ^a   Lee Thorp, Julia A ^a,b   Sponheimer, Matt ^a,c   De Ruiter, Darryl ^d   Codron, Jacqui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL; PLEISTOCENE; PRIMATE; RESOURCE USE; SAVANNA; TOOTH;

CERCOPITHECOIDES; PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PAPIO URSINUS; PARAPAPIO; POACEAE; PRIMATES; THEROPITHECUS; THEROPITHECUS GELADA; THEROPITHECUS OSWALDI;

EID: 27344441694     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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