Foraging challenges of red colobus monkeys: Influence of nutrients and secondary compounds

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 861-875

  Chapman, Colin A ^a,b   Chapman, Lauren J ^a,b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colobus; Conservation; Diet choice; Digestive strategies; Nutritional ecology; Plant chemistry; Population regulation; Protein requirements

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSIDE; SAPONIN; ALKALOID; CYANOGENIC GLYCOSIDES; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHENOLIC ACID; TANNIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BIOMASS; COLOBINAE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN DIET; PRUNUS; UGANDA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; TREE;

ALBIZIA; ALBIZIA GRANDIBRACTEATA; COLOBUS; COLOBUS SP.; PRIMATES; PROCOLOBUS; PROCOLOBUS BADIUS; PRUNUS; PRUNUS AFRICANA;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; COLOBUS; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIGESTION; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCES; GLYCOSIDES; HYDROLYZABLE TANNINS; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACIDS; PLANT LEAVES; SAPONINS; TREES;

EID: 0036849766     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(02)00209-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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