Digestive retention times for Allen's swamp monkey and L'Hoest's monkey: Data with implications for the evolution of cercopithecine digestive strategy

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 183-191

  Blaine, Kevin P ^a   Lambert, Joanna E ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cercopithecinae; Digestive retention time; Evolution of diet; Fermentation; Plant fiber

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CERCOPITHECINAE; DIET; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

ALLENOPITHECUS NIGROVIRIDIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERCOPITHECINAE; CERCOPITHECUS LHOESTI; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84868245749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2012.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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