Changes in orangutan caloric intake, energy balance, and ketones in response to fluctuating fruit availability

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1061-1079

  Knott, Cheryl D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ape; Energy balance; Ketones; Seasonality; Urine

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FRUIT; SEASONALITY;

INDONESIA;

PONGIDAE;

EID: 0032421328     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020330404983     Document Type: Article

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