Arboreal adaptations of body fat in wild toque macaques (Macaca sinica) and the evolution of adiposity in primates

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 333-344

  Dittus, Wolfgang P J ^a,b  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

adipose tissue patterning; arboreal primate; hominid evolution; wild population

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARBOREAL SPECIES; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY BALANCE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GRAVITY; GROUPS BY AGE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID STORAGE; LOCOMOTION; MACACA; MACACA SINICA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIMATE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WILD ANIMAL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE PATTERNING; ARBOREAL PRIMATE; HOMINID EVOLUTION; WILD POPULATION;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 84885951380     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22351     Document Type: Article

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