Primate resting postures : an adaptation to mammalian herbivory?

• Main Author: Chua, Physilia Ying Shi.
• Other Authors: Kristen Elizabeth Sadler
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Zoology::Animal behavior
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45335
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The functional separation of different particle sizes in the gut of an herbivorous primate is important, as faster excretion of large particles reduces the intake-limitation posed by the long microbial fermentation of plant. This separation functions only along a gravity gradient, therefore, a prima...