Cheek pouch use, predation risk, and fee
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Lindsey W. Smith; Andres Link; Marina Cords
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Article
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2008
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The adaptive function of cheek pouches in the primate subfamily Cercopithecinae remains unresolved. By analyzing the circumstances of cheek pouch use, we tested two hypotheses for the evolution of cercopithecine cheek pouches proposed in earlier studies: (1) cheek pouches reduce vulnera