Inter- and intraspecific variation in the diets of sympatric siamang (hylobates syndactylus) and lar gibbons (hylobates lar)

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 321-327

  Palombit, Ryne A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diets; Feeding ecology; Hylobates lar; Hylobates syndactylus; Malaysia; Sumatra

Indexed keywords

FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); HAPLORHINI; HYLOBATES LAR; HYLOBATES SP.; HYLOBATES SYNDACTYLUS; HYLOBATIDAE; MORACEAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HAPLORHINI; INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROTEIN INTAKE; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HYLOBATES; INDONESIA; MALAYSIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0642332421     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000157260     Document Type: Article

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