A dietary shift in Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys

Acta Theriologica Sinica

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 358-360

  Li, Baoguo ^a   Zhang, Peng ^a   Watanabe, Kunio ^b   Tan, Chia L ^c   Fukuda, Fumio ^d   Wada, Kazuo ^e  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d 5 Wildlife Conservation Society ^*  (Japan)

^e Wildlife Conservation Society   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diet; Food choice; Sichuan snub nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)

Indexed keywords

DIET; DIETARY SHIFT; PRIMATE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

PRIMATES; PYGATHRIX ROXELLANA;

EID: 0347654850     PISSN: 10001050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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