Binturong (Arctictis binturong) and kinkajou (Potos flavus) digestive strategy: Implications for interpreting frugivory in carnivora and primates

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Lambert, Joanna E ^a   Fellner, Vivek ^b   McKenney, Erin ^c   Hartstone Rose, Adam ^d  

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

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID;

ACIDIFICATION; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BINTURONG; BIODIVERSITY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARNIVORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; DIGESTIVE TRACT PARAMETERS; ECOLOGY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FERMENTATION; FOOD INTAKE; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; KINKAJOUS; MAMMAL; MEAN DIGESTIVE RETENTION TIME; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PH; PLANT; PRIMATE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DIGESTION; FECES; HERBIVORY; PHYSIOLOGY; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; DIET, VEGETARIAN; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FATTY ACIDS; FECES; FRUIT; HERBIVORY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; POLYSACCHARIDES; PRIMATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84929270937     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105415     Document Type: Article

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