Feeding ecology of guerezas in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya: The importance of Moraceae fruit in their diet

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 579-609

  Fashing, Peter J ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Colobus guereza; Folivory; Frugivory; Moraceae; Prunus africana

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FRUIT; PRIMATE;

KENYA;

COLOBINAE; COLOBUS GUEREZA; KAKAMEGA; MORACEAE; PRIMATES; PRUNUS AFRICANA; PYGEUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034913768     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010737601922     Document Type: Article

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