University of Southern California
USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences  
 

Publication

Refereed Journal Articles

2008

Frank P. Cuozzo, Michelle L. Sauther, Nayuta Yamashita, Jessica R. Scott, Martha A. Weber, Richard R. Lawler, Diane K. Brockman, Laurie R. Godfrey, Lisa Gould, Ibrahim Antho Jacky Youssouf, Cheryl Lent, Joelisoa Ratsirarson, Alison F. Richard, Robert W. Sussman, Lynne M. Villers, George Willis. 

A comparison of salivary pH in sympatric wild lemurs (Lemur catta and Propithecus verreauxi) at Beza Mahafaly Special Reserve, Madagascar: investigating feeding ecology, dietary acidity, and primate tooth wear. American Journal of Primatology. (In press)


Vinyard CJ, Yamashita N, Tan, CL.

Linking laboratory and field approaches in studying the evolutionary physiology of biting in bamboo lemurs. International  Journal of Primatology.( In press)

Yamashita N.

Chemical properties in the diets of two lemur species in Madagacar.  International  Journal of Primatology.( In press)

2005

Yamashita N, Stoner KE, Riba-Hernández P, Dominy NJ, Lucas PW. Light levels used during feeding by primate species with different color vision phenotypes.  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 58:618-629.

Tan Y, Yoder AD, Yamashita N, Li W-H. Evidence from opsin genes rejects nocturnality in ancestral primates.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 102:14712-14716.

2003

Lucas PW, Dominy NJ, Riba-Hernandez P, Stoner KE, Yamashita N, Loría-Calderón E, Petersen-Pereira W, Rojas-Durán Y, Salas-Pena R, Solis-Madrigal S, Osorio D, Darvell BW.

Evolution and function of routine trichromatic vision in primates. Evolution. 57:2636-2643.

Yamashita N.

Food procurement and tooth use in two sympatric lemur species. Am J Phys Anthropol. 121:125-133.

2002

Yamashita N.

Diets of two lemur species in different microhabitats in Beza Mahafaly special reserve, Madagascar.  Int J Primatol. 23: 1025-1051.

2001

Dominy NJ, Lucas PW, Osorio D, Yamashita N.

The sensory ecology of primate food perception. Evol Anthropol. 10:171-186.

Lucas PW, Beta T, Darvell BW, Dominy NJ, Essackjee HC, Lee PKD, Osorio D, Ramsden L, Yamashita N, Yuen TDB.

Field kit to characterize physical, chemical and spatial aspects of potential primate foods.  Folia Primatol. 72:11-25.

2000

Lucas PW, Turner IM, Dominy NJ, Yamashita N.

Mechanical defenses to herbivory.  Ann Bot. 86:913-920.

Yamashita N.

Mechanical thresholds as a criterion for food selection in two prosimian primate species. Proceedings of the 3rd Plant Biomechanics Conference, Freiburg- Badenweiler, August 27th to September 2 nd, Stuttgart: Thieme Verlag, 590-595.

1998

Dagosto MD and Yamashita N.

Effect of habitat structure on positional behavior and support use in three species of lemur. Primates. 39:459-472.

Yamashita N.

Molar morphology and variation in two lemur families (Lemuridae and Indriidae). J Hum Evol. 35: 137-162.

Yamashita N.

Functional dental correlates of food properties in five Malagasy lemur species. Am J Phys Anthropol. 106: 169-188.

1996

Yamashita N.

Seasonality and site specificity in mechanical dietary patterns in two families of Malagasy lemur (Lemuridae and Indriidae). Int J Primatol. 17(3): 355-387.