Ring-Tailed Lemur Home Ranges Correlate with Food Abundance and Nutritional Content at a Time of Environmental Stress

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 969-985

  Mertl Millhollen, Anne S ^a,e   Moret, Erica S ^b   Felantsoa, Dina ^c   Rasamimanana, Hantanirina ^c   Blumenfeld Jones, Kathryn C ^d   Jolly, Alison ^b  

^a FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging; Home range; Lemur; Optimal diet; Protein

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOME RANGE; NUTRITION; PRIMATE;

BERENTY RESERVE; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

LEMUR; LEMUR CATTA; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI; TAMARINDUS INDICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0345016260     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026216026818     Document Type: Article

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