Diet and feeding behaviour of Indri indri in a low-altitude rain forest

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 225-239

  Britt, Adam ^d   Randriamandratonirina, Nicolas J ^a   Glasscock, Kellie D ^b   Iambana, Bernard R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^b Madagascar Fauna Group   (Madagascar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Feeding ecology; Indriidae; Madagascar; Postures; Primates; Seasonality; Support use; Vertical space

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ALTITUDE; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DIET; EATING; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GUTTIFERAE; MYRISTICACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PROSIMIAN; REVIEW; SEASON; TREE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CLUSIACEAE; DIET; EATING; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LAURACEAE; MYRISTICACEAE; PLANT COMPONENTS; RAIN; SEASONS; STREPSIRHINI; TREES;

CLUSIACEAE; INDRI; INDRI INDRI; INDRIDAE; LAURACEAE; MYRISTICACEAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 0036944352     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067455     Document Type: Review

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