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Judith Caton
Researcher at Australian National University
Publications - 8
Citations - 508
Judith Caton is an academic researcher from Australian National University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Energy source & Animal ecology. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 8 publications receiving 478 citations. Previous affiliations of Judith Caton include Primate Research Institute.
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Self-induced Increase of Gut Motility and the Control of Parasitic Infections in Wild Chimpanzees
TL;DR: This work integrates behavioral, parasitological and physiological observations pertaining to leaf-swallowing to elucidate the behavioral mechanism responsible for the expulsion and control of nodule worm infections by the ape host.
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Digestive strategy of the asian colobine genus Trachypithecus
TL;DR: Results of digesta marker passage studies indicate there is prolonged retention of Digesta for fermentation in both the stomach and haustrated colon of the Asian colobines.
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Excretion patterns of solute and different-sized particle passage markers in foregut-fermenting proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) do not indicate an adaptation for rumination.
Ikki Matsuda,John Chih Mun Sha,Sylvia Ortmann,Angela Schwarm,Florian Grandl,Judith Caton,Warner Jens,Michael Kreuzer,Diana Marlena,Katharina B Hagen,Marcus Clauss +10 more
TL;DR: The results indicate that the digestive physiology of proboscis monkeys does not show typical characteristics of ruminants, which may explain why merycism is only a facultative strategy in this species.
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The digestive strategy of the common marmoset, Callithrix jacchus
TL;DR: Data are consistent with a digestive strategy of the common marmoset that appears to be based on rapid digestion of higher quality foods in the small intestine, followed by microbial fermentation of the complex polysaccharides of plant exudates in the caecum, which would allow for considerable dietary flexibility in its natural habitat of scrub forests.
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Phylogenetic constraints on digesta separation: Variation in fluid throughput in the digestive tract in mammalian herbivores
Dennis W. H. Müller,Judith Caton,Daryl Codron,Angela Schwarm,Roger G. Lentle,W. Jürgen Streich,Jürgen Hummel,Marcus Clauss +7 more
TL;DR: The results indicate that MRT(solute)GIT and the degree of digesta washing are related to digestion type, whereas variation in MRT('fluid passage')GIT is influenced mainly by effects of body mass and food intake, and fluid throughput and digestiona washing emerge as important correlates of digestive anatomy.