Relation between age-sex classes and dietary selection of wild Japanese monkeys

Ecological Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 759-763

  Agetsuma, Naoki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age sex; Body size; Diet selection; Japanese monkey; Jarman bell principle

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347273187     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2001.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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