Food mechanical properties in three sympatric species of Hapalemur in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 368-381

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bamboo lemur; Diet; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; HAPALEMUR AUREUS; HAPALEMUR GRISEUS; HAPALEMUR SIMUS; MADAGASCAR; MASTICATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; SYMPATRY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRICTION; HARDNESS; LEMURIDAE; MADAGASCAR; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; SASA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 67649601174     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20992     Document Type: Article

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