title: What does feeding system morphology tell us about feeding?
abstract: Feeding is the set of behaviors whereby organisms acquire and process the energy required for survival and reproduction. Thus, feeding system morphology is presumably subject to selection to maintain or improve feeding performance. Relationships among feeding system morphology, feeding behavior, and diet not only explain the morphological diversity of extant primates, but can also be used to reconstruct feeding behavior and diet in fossil taxa. Dental morphology has long been known to reflect aspects of feeding behavior and diet but strong relationships of craniomandibular morphology to feeding behavior and diet have yet to be defined.
authors: Callum F
authors: CF
authors: Ross
authors: Jose
authors: J
authors: Iriarte-Diaz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000885:Anthropology, Physical; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D004032:Diet; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D005580:Fossils; D008334:Mandible / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D008410:Masticatory Muscles / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D011323:Primates; D012886:Skull / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D014070:Tooth / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology
keywords: biomechanics; bone strain; electromyography; feeding behavior; feeding ecology; mastication