Foraging ecology of the mountain monkey (Cercopithecus l'hoesti): Implications for its evolutionary history and use of disturbed forest

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 227-246

  Kaplin, Beth A ^a   Moermond, T C ^b  

^a ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cercopithecus l'hoesti; Foraging ecology; Mountain monkey; Rwanda; Terrestrial herbaceous vegetation

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

DISTURBANCE; EVOLUTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECUS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; INVERTEBRATE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RWANDA; SEASON; TREE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CERCOPITHECUS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIET; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; INVERTEBRATES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PLANT LEAVES; RAIN; RWANDA; SEASONS; SEEDS; TREES;

RWANDA;

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS MITIS; INVERTEBRATA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0034127753     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(200004)50:4<227::AID-AJP1>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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