| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 303 pages) : illustrations |
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Developments in primatology |
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Developments in primatology.
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| Contents |
Introduction : advances and remaining sticky issues in the understanding of exudativory in primates / Leanne T. Nash and Anne M. Burrows -- Nutritional and digestive challenges to being a gum-feeding primate / Michael L. Power -- Exudativory in primates : interspecific patterns / Andrew C. Smith -- The ecology of exudate production and exudate feeding / Paul A. Garber and Leila M. Porter -- Influences on gum feeding in primates / Andrew C. Smith -- Gummivory in Cheirogaleids : primitive retention or adaptation to hypervariable environments? / Fabian G.S. Génin, Judith C. Masters, and Jorg U. Ganzhorn -- Seasonality in gum and honeydew feeding in gray mouse lemurs / Marine Joly-Radko and Elke Zimmermann -- Comparative ecology of exudate feeding by lorises (Nycticebus, Loris) and pottos (Perodicticus, Arctocebus) / K. Anne-Isola Nekaris, Carly R. Starr, Rebecca L. Collins, and Angelina Wilson -- Exudativory and primate skull form / Matthew J. Ravosa, Russell T. Hogg, and Christopher J. Vinyard -- A comparative analysis of the articular cartilage in the temporomandibular joint of gouging and nongouging New World monkeys / Amy L. Mork, Walter E. Horton, and Christopher J. Vinyard -- Searching for dental signals of exudativory in galagos / Anne M. Burrows and Leanne T. Nash -- A guide to galago diversity : getting a grip on how best to chew gum / Isobel R. Stephenson, Simon K. Bearder, Giuseppe Donati, and Johann Karlsson -- Tongue morphology in infant and adult bushbabies (Otolemur spp.) / Beth A. Docherty, Laura J. Alport, Kunwar P. Bhatnagar, Anne M. Burrows, and Timothy D. Smith -- Adaptive profile versus adaptive specialization : fossils and gummivory in early primate evolution / Alfred L. Rosenberger |
| Summary |
This volume covers aspects of primate exudativory, one of the least common dietary niches among primates. While all primates are generally omnivorous animals, most species, depending on body size, acquire the majority of their energy from fruit, leaves or insects and the majority of their protein from insects or leaves. However, some specialize their caloric intake around the acquisition, processing, and break-down of exudates, the saps and gums produced by trees in response to mechanical or insect damage. Compared to leaves, insects or fruits, these compounds have a unique combination of chal |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Cheirogaleidae -- Food
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Lorises -- Food
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Mouse lemurs -- Food
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Galagos -- Food
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Primates -- Food
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Ecology.
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Lorises.
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Primates.
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Ecology
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Lorisidae
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Primates
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Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
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Cheirogaleidae
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Primates |
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ecology.
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Primates (order)
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NATURE -- Animals -- Primates.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Primatology.
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Biomédecine.
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Sciences de la vie.
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Primates
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Lorises
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Ecology
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Primates -- Food
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Nash, Leanne T.
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Burrows, Anne M
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| ISBN |
9781441966612 |
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1441966617 |
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1282979582 |
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9781282979581 |
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