Fallback foods, preferred foods, adaptive zones, and primate origins

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 883-890

  Rosenberger, Alfred L ^a,b,c,d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive zones; Angiosperms; Primate origins; Seasonal fallback foods; Visual predation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE ZONES; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; GENETICS; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; PRIMATE ORIGINS; SEASON; SEASONAL FALLBACK FOODS; VISUAL PREDATION;

ADAPTIVE ZONES; ANGIOSPERMS; PRIMATE ORIGINS; SEASONAL FALLBACK FOODS; VISUAL PREDATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; PRIMATES; SEASONS;

EID: 84880142523     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22162     Document Type: Note

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