Relationship between feeding time and food intake in hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas) and the value of feeding time as predictor of food intake

Zoo Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 495-505

  Zinner, Dietmar ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioral methods; Feeding time; Food intake; Foraging studies; Papio hamadryas

Indexed keywords

HAMADRYAS; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0033259909     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(1999)18:6<495::AID-ZOO4>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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