It's tough out there: Variation in the toughness of ingested leaves and feeding behavior among four colobinae in Vietnam

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1455-1466

  Wright, B W ^a   Ulibarri, L ^c   O'Brien, J ^c   Sadler, B ^b   Prodhan, R ^b   Covert, H H ^c   Nadler, T ^d  

^a KANSAS CITY UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Cuc Phuong National Park   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Chewing rates; Food material properties; Portable mechanical tester; Southeast Asian colobines; Toughness

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; DIGESTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; LEAF; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MORPHOLOGY; PRIMATE; TOOTH; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

COLOBINAE; PRIMATES; PYGATHRIX; PYGATHRIX NEMAEUS; TRACHYPITHECUS; TRACHYPITHECUS DELACOURI; TRACHYPITHECUS LAOTUM;

EID: 57649176921     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-008-9294-1     Document Type: Article

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