Linking laboratory and field approaches in studying the evolutionary physiology of biting in bamboo lemurs

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1421-1439

  Vinyard, Christopher J ^a   Yamashita, Nayuta ^b   Tan, Chia ^c  

^a Northeastern Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bamboo; Biting; Jaw functional morphology; Load resistance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BAMBOO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOMORPHOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LABORATORY METHOD; NATIONAL PARK; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRIMATE; TOOTH;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; RANOMAFANA NATIONAL PARK;

HAPALEMUR GRISEUS; HAPALEMUR SIMUS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 57649201288     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-007-9178-9     Document Type: Article

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