Vetmeduni: Publications

Genetics and Animal Breeding

Research Groups

Group Yamashita – Primate diet and feeding behaviour

Publications

Fogaça MD, Flowers N, Razafindrabe Maminiaina HF, Razafimampiandra J, & Yamashita N. (in press). How food geometry and toughness influence ingestive patterns in lemurs. American Journal of Primatology.
Yamashita N, Flowers N, & Fogaça MD. (2024). The effects of feeding frequency on jaw loading in two lemur species. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 184(1), e24916. doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24916
Flowers N, Fogaça MD, Razafindrabe Maminiaina HF, Razafimampiandra J, Dolezal M, & Yamashita N. (2023). Comparing effects of food mechanical properties on oral processing behaviors in two sympatric lemur species. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 182(1), 45–58.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24809
Coiner-Collier S, Scott RS, Chalk J, Cheyne SM, Constantino P, Dominy NJ, Elgart AA, Glowacka H, Loyola LC, Ossi-Lupo K, Raguet-Schofield M, Talebi MG, Sala EA, Sieradzy P, Taylor AB, Vinyard CJ, Wright BW, Yamashita N, Lucas PW, Vogel ER. (2016). Primate dietary ecology in the context of food mechanical properties. Journal of Human Evolution, 98, 103-118.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.07.005
Yamashita N, Cuozzo F, Sauther M, Fitzgerald E, Riemenschneider A, Ungar PS. (2016). Mechanical food properties and dental topography differentiate three populations of Lemur catta in southwest Madagascar. Journal of Human Evolution, 98, 66-75.
dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.09.006
Yamashita N, Tan CL, Vinyard CJ, Williams C. (2010). Semi-quantitative tests of cyanide in foods and excreta of three Hapalemur species in Madagascar. American Journal of Primatology, 72, 56-61.
doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20751
Yamashita N, Vinyard CJ, Tan CL. (2009). Food mechanical properties in three sympatric species of Hapalemur in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 139, 368-381.
doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20992.
Vinyard CJ, Yamashita N, Tan CL. (2008). Linking laboratory and field approaches in studying the evolutionary physiology of biting in bamboo lemurs. International Journal of Primatology, 29,1421-1439.
Cuozzo FP, Yamashita N. (2006). Impact of ecology on the teeth of extant lemurs: a review of dental adaptations, function, and life history. In L Gould, ML Sauther (eds.): Lemurs: Ecology and Adaptation. New York: Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34586-4_4.
Yamashita N. (2003). Food procurement and tooth use in two sympatric lemur species. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 121,125-133.
doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.10206.

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