Nutrient composition of selected plant species consumed by semi free-ranging lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus) and ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) on St. Catherines Island, Georgia, U.S.A

Zoo Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 481-494

  Dierenfeld, Ellen S ^a   McCann, Colleen M ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food selection; Native flora; Nutrition; Primates

Indexed keywords

LEMUR CATTA; LEMURIDAE; MACACA; MACACA SILENUS; PANTHERA LEO; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0033265112     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(1999)18:6<481::AID-ZOO3>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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