Food competition between wild orangutans in large fig trees

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 909-927

  Utami, Sri Suci ^a,b   Wich, Serge A ^a   Sterck, Elisabeth H M ^a   Van Hooff, Jan A R A M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Universitas Nasional   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Aggregations; Dominance relationships; Food competition; Orangutan

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; FIG; FOOD COMPETITION; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; ORANG-UTAN; PATCH RESIDENCE TIME;

INDONESIA; SUMATRA;

EID: 0031463588     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026392012922     Document Type: Article

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