Difference in food selection between patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas) and tantalus monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops tantalus) in Kala Maloue National Park, Cameroon, in relation to nutrient content

Primates

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-11

  Nakagawa, Naofumi ^a  

^a KOBE CITY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (Japan)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Food selection; Jarman Bell principle; Patas monkeys; Tantalus monkeys

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FOOD SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; NUTRITION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIMATE;

CAMEROON; KALA MALOUE NATIONAL PARK;

CERCOCEBUS; CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS TANTALUS; ERYTHROCEBUS PATAS; NASO HEXACANTHUS; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CERCOPITHECUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; ERYTHROCEBUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PROTEIN INTAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CAMEROON; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY PROTEINS; ERYTHROCEBUS PATAS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038623282     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-002-0001-0     Document Type: Article

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