The primate community of the Lope Reserve, Gabon: Diets, responses to fruit scarcity, and effects on biomass

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-24

  Tutin, Caroline E G ^a   Ham, Rebecca M ^d   White, Lee J T ^b   Harrison, Michael J S ^c  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c LTS International   (United Kingdom)

^d CIRMF ^*

Author keywords

biomass; community ecology; diet; frugivory; keystone resources; seasonality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GABON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMATE;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GABON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMATES;

ANIMALIA; CEPHUS; CERCOCEBUS; CERCOPITHECUS CEPHUS; CERCOPITHECUS NICTITANS; CERCOPITHECUS POGONIAS; COLOBUS SATANAS; GORILLA GORILLA; LOPHOCEBUS ALBIGENA; MANDRILLUS SPHINX; PAN (APE); POGONIAS; PRIMATES; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0030980005     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1997)42:1<1::AID-AJP1>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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