The making of platyrrhine semifolivores: Models for the evolution of folivory in primates

Anatomical Record

Volumn 294, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2112-2130

  Rosenberger, Alfred L ^a,b,c   Halenar, Lauren ^b   Cooke, Siobhán B ^b,d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alouatta; Brachyteles; Dietary adaptation; Folivory; Howler monkeys; Muriqui; Platyrrhines; Primate origins

Indexed keywords

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA BEIZEBUL; ALOUATTA CARAYA; ALOUATTA FUSCA; ALOUATTA PALLIETA; ALOUATTA PIGRA; ALOUATTA SENICULUS; ARTICLE; ATELES BEIZEBUTH; ATELES GEOFFROYI; ATELES PANISCUS; BEHAVIOR; BODY SIZE; BRACHYTELES; BRACHYTELES ARACHNOIDES; BRAIN SIZE; DENTITION; ENERGY BALANCE; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOLIVORY; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUGIVORE; HABITAT; HERBIVORE; LAGOTHRIX LAGOTRICHA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLATYRRHINI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CEBIDAE; EATING; HERBIVORY; PLANT LEAVES;

ALOUATTA; BRACHYTELES; BRACHYTELES ARACHNOIDES; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 81255207549     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21510     Document Type: Article

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