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Diet, feeding behavior, and jaw architecture of Taï monkeys: Congruence and chaos in the realm of functional morphology by McGraw, W. Scott, Daegling, David J.

“…We review feeding and mandibular anatomy in a community of West African monkeys. We use field observations, food material property data, and skeletal specimens…”
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Hard-object feeding in sooty mangabeys (Cercocebus atys) and interpretation of early hominin feeding ecology by Daegling, David J, McGraw, W Scott, Ungar, Peter S, Pampush, James D, Vick, Anna E, Bitty, E Anderson

“…Morphology of the dentofacial complex of early hominins has figured prominently in the inference of their dietary adaptations. Recent theoretical analysis of…”
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Hard plant tissues do not contribute meaningfully to dental microwear: evolutionary implications by van Casteren, Adam, Strait, David S., Swain, Michael V., Michael, Shaji, Thai, Lidia A., Philip, Swapna M., Saji, Sreeja, Al-Fadhalah, Khaled, Almusallam, Abdulwahab S., Shekeban, Ali, McGraw, W. Scott, Kane, Erin E., Wright, Barth W., Lucas, Peter W.

“…Reconstructing diet is critical to understanding hominin adaptations. Isotopic and functional morphological analyses of early hominins are compatible with…”
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Oral Processing Behavior of Diana Monkeys (Cercopithecus diana) in Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire by Kane, Erin E, Traff, Jordan N, Daegling, David J, McGraw, W Scott

“…Primates are hypothesized to "fall back" on challenging-to-process foods when preferred foods are less available. Such dietary shifts may be accompanied by…”
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Dietary variation and food hardness in sooty mangabeys (Cercocebus atys): Implications for fallback foods and dental adaptation by McGraw, W. Scott, Vick, Anna E., Daegling, David J.

“…ABSTRACT We present information on food hardness and monthly dietary changes in female sooty mangabeys (Cercocebus atys) in Tai Forest, Ivory Coast to reassess…”
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Masticatory and ingestive effort in Procolobus verus, a small-bodied African colobine by Traff, Jordan N., McGraw, W. Scott, Daegling, David J.

“…The olive colobus ( Procolobus verus ) is the smallest extant colobine. Based on the axiom that folivory is associated with larger body mass, the olive colobus…”
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Seed choice differs by sex in sooty mangabeys (Cercocebus atys) by Geissler, Elise, Daegling, David J., Polvadore, Taylor A., McGraw, W. Scott

“…The sooty mangabey ( Cercocebus atys ) practices year-round durophagy. A large part of the C. atys diet consists of the oily nut of Sacoglottis gabonensis ,…”
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Feeding and oral processing behaviors of two colobine monkeys in Tai Forest, Ivory Coast by McGraw, W. Scott, van Casteren, Adam, Kane, Erin, Geissler, Elise, Burrows, Brittany, Daegling, David J.

“…We collected frequency data on oral processing behaviors during feeding in habituated groups of Western red colobus, Piliocolobus badius, and Western black and…”
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Sex and age differences in the diet and ingestive behaviors of sooty mangabeys (Cercocebus atys) in the Tai forest, Ivory coast by McGraw, W. Scott, Vick, Anna E., Daegling, David J.

“…Members of the Cercocebus‐Mandrillus clade are united by several morphological features, including expanded premolars which are argued to be associated with a…”
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Stable isotope canopy effects for sympatric monkeys at Taï Forest, Côte d'Ivoire by Krigbaum, John, Berger, Michael H., Daegling, David J., McGraw, W. Scott

“…This study tests the hypothesis that vertical habitat preferences of different monkey species inhabiting closed canopy rainforest are reflected in oxygen…”
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Simian immunodeficiency virus and storage buffer: Field-friendly preservation methods for RNA viral detection in primate feces by Wilde, Tessa H C, Shukla, Rajni Kant, Madden, Christopher, Vodovotz, Yael, Sharma, Amit, McGraw, W Scott, Hale, Vanessa L

“…Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), which originated in African monkeys, crossed the species barrier into humans and ultimately gave rise to HIV and the…”
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How mangabey molar form differs under routine vs. fallback hard-object feeding regimes by Guatelli-Steinberg, Debbie, Renteria, Cameron, Grimm, Jack R, Maeret Carpenter, Izabela, Arola, Dwayne D, McGraw, W Scott

“…Components of diet known as fallback foods are argued to be critical in shaping primate dental anatomy. Such foods of low(er) nutritional quality are often…”
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Brief communication: Enamel thickness and durophagy in mangabeys revisited by McGraw, W. Scott, Pampush, James D., Daegling, David J.

“…The documentation of enamel thickness variation across primates is important because enamel thickness has both taxonomic and functional relevance. The Old…”
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To conserve African tropical forests, invest in the protection of its most endangered group of monkeys, red colobus by Linder, Joshua M., Cronin, Drew T., Ting, Nelson, Abwe, Ekwoge E., Aghomo, Florence, Davenport, Tim R. B., Detwiler, Kate M., Galat, Gérard, Galat‐Luong, Anh, Hart, John A., Ikemeh, Rachel A., Kivai, Stanislaus M., Koné, Inza, Konstant, William, Kujirakwinja, Deo, Long, Barney, Maisels, Fiona, McGraw, W. Scott, Mittermeier, Russell A., Struhsaker, Thomas T.

“…Forest loss and overhunting are eroding African tropical biodiversity and threatening local human food security, livelihoods, and health. Emblematic of this…”
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Downclimbing and the evolution of ape forelimb morphologies by Fannin, Luke D, Joy, Mary S, Dominy, Nathaniel J, McGraw, W Scott, DeSilva, Jeremy M

“…The forelimbs of hominoid primates (apes) are decidedly more flexible than those of monkeys, especially at the shoulder, elbow and wrist joints. It is tempting…”
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Primate Feeding and Foraging: Integrating Studies of Behavior and Morphology by McGraw, W. Scott, Daegling, David J

“…Given that something as fundamental as food acquisition is subject to selection pressure, it follows that morphological and behavioral diversity among primates…”
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Brief communication: Correlation between elastic modulus and radiographic density in mandibular cortical bone of colobine monkeys by Rapoff, Andrew J., Scott McGraw, W., Duque, Ana, Daegling, David J.

“…Objectives The relationship between radiographic grayscale and elastic modulus was determined using mandibular cortical bone of colobine monkeys…”
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Scapular Morphology and Forelimb Use during Foraging in Four Sympatric Cercopithecids by Dunham, Noah T, Kane, Erin E, McGraw, W Scott

“…Most investigations of primate scapular morphology use differences in locomotion to explain variation; less is known about how scapular geometry covaries with…”
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Genomic and Phylogenetic Analysis of Bacillus cereus Biovar anthracis Isolated from Archival Bone Samples Reveals Earlier Natural History of the Pathogen by Norris, Michael H., Zincke, Diansy, Daegling, David J., Krigbaum, John, McGraw, W. Scott, Kirpich, Alexander, Hadfield, Ted L., Blackburn, Jason K.

“…(1) Background: Bacillus cereus biovar anthracis (Bcbva) was the causative agent of an anthrax-like fatal disease among wild chimpanzees in 2001 in Côte…”
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Functional morphology of the mangabey mandibular corpus: Relationship to dental specializations and feeding behavior by Daegling, David J., McGraw, W. Scott

“…Recent molecular and morphological surveys suggest that mangabeys do not represent a monophyletic group. Specifically, Cercocebus is the sister taxon of…”
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