Diet and mandibular morphology in African apes

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 181-201

  Taylor, Andrea B ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African apes; Chimpanzees; Corpus; Diet; Gorillas; Mandible; Symphysis

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; DIET; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY;

AFRICA;

GORILLA BERINGEI; GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 33646481044     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-005-9000-5     Document Type: Article

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