Geophagy by the bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata) of Southern India: A premliminary analysis

Primates

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 327-344

  Voros, J ^a   Mahaney, W C ^a   Milner, M W ^a   Krishnamani, R ^b   Aufreiter, S ^c   Hancock, R G V ^d  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SÁLIM ALI CENTRE FOR ORNITHOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bonnet macaques; Geophagy; Macaca radiata; Primates; Soil consumption

Indexed keywords

GEOPHAGY; PRIMATE; SOIL PROPERTY;

INDIA; MARAKKANAM RESERVED FOREST; TAMIL NADU;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; ISOPTERA; MACACA RADIATA; PRIMATES; TERMITARIA;

EID: 0035696879     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02629624     Document Type: Article

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