Recovering Dietary Information from Extant and Extinct Primates Using Plant Microremains

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 702-715

  Henry, Amanda G ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dental calculus; Fecal sample; Phytolith; Plant microfossil; Starch grain

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; DIET; EXTINCTION; FECES; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOSSIL RECORD; MICROFOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYTOLITH; PRIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; SUBFOSSIL;

PRIMATES;

EID: 84861823399     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-011-9556-1     Document Type: Article

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