Scaling of chew cycle duration in primates

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-44

  Ross, Callum F ^a   Reed, David A ^a   Washington, Rhyan L ^b   Eckhardt, Alison ^b   Anapol, Fred ^c   Shahnoor, Nazima ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^d Milwaukee Area Technical College   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding; Mastication; Muscle

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BIOMECHANICS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; MASTICATION; MENSTRUATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRIMATES;

EID: 58149501104     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20895     Document Type: Article

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