Fallback foods, eclectic omnivores, and the packaging problem

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 615-629

  Altmann, Stuart A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptations; Behavior; Foraging; Morphology; Physiology

Indexed keywords

TRYPSIN INHIBITOR;

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BABOON; BINOCULAR VISION; BODY SIZE; BRAIN SIZE; BREEDING; COLOR VISION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTITION; ENERGY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEEDING; FINGER; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD SAFETY; HABITAT; HOME RANGE; LEARNING; LEGUME; LIFE; LIFE HISTORY; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; MIGRATION; MONKEY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; ODOR; OMNIVORE; PRIMATE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUND; STORAGE; TIME;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; COLOR VISION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD HABITS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMATES; SMELL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 70449094876     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21097     Document Type: Conference Paper

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