Influence of human food consumption on the time budget of vervets

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 977-994

  Saj, Tania ^a   Sicotte, Pascale ^a   Paterson, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlorocebus aethiops pygerthrus; Crop raiding; Food raiding; Human primate conflicts; Time budget

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HOME RANGE; PRIMATE;

ENTEBBE; UGANDA;

CHLOROCEBUS AETHIOPS;

EID: 0033396351     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1020886820759     Document Type: Article

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