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Alcohol discrimination and preferences in two species of nectar-feeding primate
Recent reports suggest that dietary ethanol, or alcohol, is a supplemental source of calories for some primates. For example, slow lorises (Nycticebus coucang) consume fermented nectars with a mean alcohol concentration of 0.6% (range: 0.0–3.8%). A similar behaviour is hypothesized for aye-ayes (Dau...
Autores principales: | Gochman, Samuel R., Brown, Michael B., Dominy, Nathaniel J. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4968469/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27493777 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160217 |
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