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How primates eat : a synthesis of nutritional ecology across a mammal order /

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"What do we mean when we say that a diet is "nutritious"? Why is it that some animals can get all the energy they need from eating leaves while others would perish on such a diet? Why don't mountain gorillas eat fruit all day like chimpanzees do? Answers to these questions about...

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Other Authors: Lambert, Joanna E. (Editor), Bryer, Margaret A. H. (Editor), Rothman, Jessica M. (Editor), Clutton-Brock, T. H. (writer of foreword.), Richard, Alison F. (writer of afterword.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2024.
Subjects:
Primates > Nutrition.
Primates > Feeding and feeds.
Primates > Physiology.
Primates > Physiologie.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Primatology.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ethology (Animal Behavior)

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