Field kit to characterize physical, chemical and spatial aspects of potential primate foods.

Autor: Lucas PW; Department of Anatomy, University of Hong Kong, PR China. pwlucas@hkucc.hku.hk, Beta T, Darvell BW, Dominy NJ, Essackjee HC, Lee PK, Osorio D, Ramsden L, Yamashita N, Yuen TD
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Folia primatologica; international journal of primatology [Folia Primatol (Basel)] 2001 Jan-Feb; Vol. 72 (1), pp. 11-25.
DOI: 10.1159/000049914
Abstrakt: An outline is given for a field kit aiming to substantially increase the in situ knowledge gleaned from feeding studies of primates. Measurements are made of colouration (spectrum of non-specular reflection) and many mechanical, chemical and spatial properties of primate foods.
(Copyright 2001 S. Karger AG, Basel)
Databáze: MEDLINE