Hardness of cercopithecine foods: Implications for the critical function of enamel thickness in exploiting fallback foods

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 363-368

  Lambert, Joanna E ^a   Chapman, Colin A ^b,c   Wrangham, Richard W ^d   Conklin Brittain, Nancy Lou ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cercopithecus; Feeding behavior; Frugivory; Kibale National Park, Uganda; Lophocebus; Selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARK; CERCOCEBUS; CERCOPITHECUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EATING HABIT; ENAMEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGE; FRUIT; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECINAE; DENTAL ENAMEL; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRUIT; HARDNESS TESTS; PLANT BARK; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UGANDA;

EID: 8844240748     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10403     Document Type: Article

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