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... fruit eating are widespread through the order . FRUIT AND LEAVES : QUANTITATIVE STUDIES Most field studies give some idea of the balance between leaf , fruit , and insect or meat eating . However , methods of recording differ , and it ...
... fruit eating are widespread through the order . FRUIT AND LEAVES : QUANTITATIVE STUDIES Most field studies give some idea of the balance between leaf , fruit , and insect or meat eating . However , methods of recording differ , and it ...
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... fruit 5 Watery fruits + sugar coats 7 Eggs , cocoons , small insects Prey 8 Large insects 9 Vertebrates 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 5 % ( ? ) 30 % 65 % TT 15 % 20 % Prey Foliage Fruits Foliage Prey 65 % Fruits 10 % 30 % % 09 Foliage Prey Fruits ...
... fruit 5 Watery fruits + sugar coats 7 Eggs , cocoons , small insects Prey 8 Large insects 9 Vertebrates 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 5 % ( ? ) 30 % 65 % TT 15 % 20 % Prey Foliage Fruits Foliage Prey 65 % Fruits 10 % 30 % % 09 Foliage Prey Fruits ...
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... FRUIT AND LEAVES : FEEDING METHODS The bulk of primate diet comes from plants . There is a spectrum of adaptation from species that eat chiefly fruit to those that browse largely on leaves to the terrestrial forms that can , if ...
... FRUIT AND LEAVES : FEEDING METHODS The bulk of primate diet comes from plants . There is a spectrum of adaptation from species that eat chiefly fruit to those that browse largely on leaves to the terrestrial forms that can , if ...
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Arguing from primate to man | 2 |
Phylogeny and Ecology | 11 |
Summary | 22 |
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