Behaviour and Diet of Colobus angolensis palliatus Peters, 1868, in Relation to Seasonality in a Tanzanian Dry Coastal Forest

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 121-128

  Lowe, Andrew J ^a,c   Sturrock, Georgina A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Colobinae; Colobus angolensis palliatus; Dietary diversity; Dry coastal forest; Seasonally; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343372184     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021574     Document Type: Article

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