The Diets of Non-human Primates: Frugivory, Food Processing, and Food Sharing

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9781402096983, 2009, Pages 1-14

  Hohmann, Gottfried ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diet composition; Frugivory; Meat eating; Primates; Provisioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995383953     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9699-0_1     Document Type: Chapter

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