Climatic determinants of diet and foraging behaviour in baboons

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 579-593

  Hill, R A ^a   Dunbar, R I M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate; Feeding; Fruit; Primates; Seeds; Subterranean items; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036968044     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021625003597     Document Type: Article

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