Food Acquisition and Processing in Primates

Section I Ecological Diversity and Food Acquisition.- 1 Primates: Their Niche Structure and Habitats.- 2 Environmental Grain, Niche Diversification and Feeding Behaviour in Primates.- 3 Body Size, Brain Size and Feeding Strategies.- 4 Primate Locomotion and Diet.- 5 Habitat Richness, Foraging Range and Diet in Chimpanzees and Some Other Primates.- 6 The Adaptive Capacities of the Hanuman Langur and the Categorizing of Diet.- 7 Subcategorizing Foods in Primates.- 8 Food Acquisition and Processing as a Function of Plant Chemistry.- Section II Food Processing in Living Primates.- 9 Diet and Gut Morphology in Primates.- 10 Comparative Functional Morphology of Maximum Mandibular Opening (Gape) in Primates.- 11 Functional Aspects of Primate Jaw Morphology.- 12 Chewing It Over: Basic Principles of Food Breakdown.- 13 Tooth Morphology and Dietary Specialization.- 14 Predictions of Primate Diets From Molar Wear Patterns.- 15 The Microstructure of Primate Dental Enamel.- 16 Stress-StrengthRelationships in the Mandibles of Hominoids.- 17 A Theoretical Approach to Solve the Chin Problem.- 18 Mechanical Stresses at the Primate Skull Base Caused by the Temporomandibular Joint Force.- 19 Cranial Morphology and Masticatory Adaptations.- Section III Evolutionary Perspectives on Feeding.- 20 An Evolutionary Model for Feeding and Positional Behaviour.- 21 Anatomy and Behaviour of Extinct Primates.- 22 Food Acquisition and the Evolution of Positional Behaviour: The Case of Bipedalism.- 23 Deciduous Molar Microwear of South African Australopithecines.- 24 Interpreting the Dental Peculiarities of the 'Robust' Australopithecines.- 25 Food Acquisition and Processing in Primates: Concluding Discussion.- Appendix Regression Lines, Size and Allometry.- List of Contributors.