The impact of fallback foods on wild ring-tailed lemur biology: A comparison of intact and anthropogenically disturbed habitats

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 671-686

  Sauther, Michelle L ^a   Cuozzo, Frank P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beza Mahafaly; Conservation; Dental pathology; Lemur catta; Tooth wear

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARGEMONE; ARGEMONE MEXICANA; BIOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOOD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GRAZING; HABITAT; HEREDITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEMUR CATTA; MADAGASCAR; MASTICATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; PREDICTION; PRIMATE; PROSIMIAN; SEASON; TAMARIND; TOOTH DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ARGEMONE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; LEMUR; MADAGASCAR; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; TAMARINDUS; TOOTH WEAR;

ARGEMONE; ARGEMONE MEXICANA; LEMUR; LEMUR CATTA; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI; TAMARINDUS INDICA;

EID: 70449124465     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21128     Document Type: Conference Paper

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