Digestion in the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus), A Gummivore-Frugivore

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 957-963

  Power, Michael L ^a,b   Wilson Myers, E ^a,c  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS   (United States)

^c University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent digestibility; Callitrichids; Mean retention time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHROMIUM; COBALT; DIGESTION; DRY MATTER; EDTA; EXCRETION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FERMENTATION; FOOD INTAKE; FRUGIVORY; INHIBITION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLYMER; PRIMATE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; DIGESTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; MALE; MARMOSET; METABOLISM; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; DIET; DIGESTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE;

CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; CALLITRICHIDAE; HEXAPODA; MARMOSETS;

EID: 70350430388     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20737     Document Type: Article

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