Seasonal variation in activity and diet in a small-bodied folivorous primate, Hapalemur griseus, in southeastern Madagascar

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 211-223

  Overdorff, Deborah J ^a   Strait, Suzanne G ^b   Telo, Albert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ranomafana National Park   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Bamboo; Diet; Folivore; Prosimian; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BAMBOO; DIET; FOLIVORY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

MADAGASCAR;

CEPHALOSTACHYUM PERRIERI; HAPALEMUR GRISEUS; POACEAE;

EID: 0030656290     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2345(1997)43:3<211::aid-ajp2>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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