Feeding ecology of the hibernating primate Cheirogaleus medius: How does it get so fat?

Oecologia

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 157-164

  Fietz, Joanna ^a,b   Ganzhorn, Jörg U ^a,c  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body mass; Cheirogaleus medius; Food chemistry; Hibernation; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD SELECTION; HIBERNATION; PRIMATE;

MADAGASCAR;

CHEIROGALEUS MEDIUS;

EID: 0032698940     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050917     Document Type: Article

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