The impact of dental impairment on ring-tailed lemur food processing performance

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 238-248

  Millette, James B ^a   Sauther, Michelle L ^a   Cuozzo, Frank P ^b   Ness, Jenifer L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

dental ecology; fallback foods; food particle size; Lemur catta; mammal

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD; FOOD PROCESSING; FRUIT; MADAGASCAR; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; SIEVE TUBE; TAMARIND; TOOTH DISEASE;

ANIMALS; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD HABITS; LEMUR; MADAGASCAR; PARTICLE SIZE; TOOTH LOSS; TOOTH WEAR;

EID: 84861303009     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21571     Document Type: Conference Paper

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