Foraging in a variable environment: Weather patterns and the behavioral ecology of baboons

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-25

  Bronikowski, Anne M ^a   Altmann, Jeanne ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Activity budget; Baboon; Environmental constraints; Intrapopulation variability; Meteorological variation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY BUDGET; BABOON; BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; WEATHER;

KENYA, AMBOSELI;

PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS;

EID: 0029660782     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050262     Document Type: Article

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