Implications of small scale variation in ecological conditions for the diet and density of red colobus monkeys

Primates

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 215-231

  Chapman, Colin A ^a   Chapman, Lauren J ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Activity budgets; Community structure; Foraging; Kibale National Park; Population regulation; Procolobus tephrosceles

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE;

KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; UGANDA;

PROCOLOBUS TEPHROSCELES;

EID: 0032993711     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02557712     Document Type: Article

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