Nutritional ecology of entomophagy in humans and other primates

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 141-160

  Raubenheimer, David ^a   Rothman, Jessica M ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

extractive technology; insect abundance; insect nutritional value; insectivory; nutritional geometry; primate body size; right angled mixture triangle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; INSECT; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; INSECTS; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84873881845     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-120710-100713     Document Type: Article

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