The role of gut microbes in satisfying the nutritional demands of adult and juvenile wild, black howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 652-664

  Amato, Katherine R ^a,b   Leigh, Steven R ^b   Kent, Angela ^a   Mackie, Roderick I ^a   Yeoman, Carl J ^c   Stumpf, Rebecca M ^a   Wilson, Brenda A ^a,d   Nelson, Karen E ^e   White, Bryan A ^a   Garber, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

compensation; growth; gut microbiome; nonhuman primate; reproduction

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FATTY ACID; PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE;

ADULT; ALOUATTA; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY YIELD; FEMALE; FIRMICUTES; INTESTINE FLORA; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LACTOCOCCUS; MALE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PROTEIN INTAKE; ROSEBURIA; RUMINOCOCCUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ALOUATTA; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARBOHYDRATES; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FATTY ACIDS; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MALE; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 84910155790     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22621     Document Type: Article

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