The core dry-season diet of yellow baboons (Papio hamadryas cynocephalus) in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 346-349

  Pochron, S T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baboons; Diet; Dry season; Feeding time; Handling time; Papio hamadryas cynocephalus; Purposeful encounter

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; PAPIO; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; DIET; FOOD HABITS; MALE; PAPIO; SEASONS; TANZANIA;

EID: 0034279323     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021758     Document Type: Article

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