Primate diet and biomass in relation to vegetation composition and fruiting phenology in a rain forest in Gabon

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 999-1024

  Brugiere, David ^a   Gautier, Jean Pierre ^a   Moungazi, Augustin ^b   Gautier Hion, Annie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b Institut de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Caesalpiniaceae; Carrying capacity; Cercopithecinae; Colobinae; Fruit availability; Primate biomass; Primate diet

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FRUIT PRODUCTION; FRUITING; PHENOLOGY; PRIMATE;

GABON;

CAESALPINIOIDEAE; CERCOPITHECINAE; CERCOPITHECUS; COLOBINAE; DIPTEROCARPACEAE; LECYTHIDACEAE; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036779303     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019693814988     Document Type: Article

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