Altitudinal and seasonal variations in the diet of Japanese macaques in Yakushima

Primates

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-59

  Hanya, Goro ^a   Noma, Naohiko ^b   Agetsuma, Naoki ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Altitude; Diet; Fecal analysis; Japanese macaque; Yakushima

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; DIET; FECES; PRIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

JAPAN; RYUKYU ISLANDS; YAKUSHIMA;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA; PRIMATES;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FECES; FRUIT; FUNGUS; JAPAN; MACACA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEASON; TREE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; DIET; FECES; FRUIT; FUNGI; JAPAN; MACACA; SEASONS; SEEDS; TREES;

EID: 0042377441     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-002-0007-7     Document Type: Article

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