Bornean orangutans on the brink of protein bankruptcy

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 333-336

  Vogel, Erin R ^a,b   Knott, Cheryl D ^c   Crowley, Brooke E ^d   Blakely, Melissa D ^e   Larsen, Michael D ^f   Dominy, Nathaniel J ^g  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Borneo; Orangutans; Protein; Urea

Indexed keywords

FRUGIVORY; GROWTH RATE; HOMINID; LIMITING FACTOR; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTION; UREA;

ANIMALIA; GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 84861509531     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.1040     Document Type: Article

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