Ecogeographic size variations in sifakas: A test of the resource seasonality and resource quality hypotheses

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 318-328

  Lehman, Shawn M ^a   Mayor, Mireya ^b   Wright, Patricia C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Madagascar; Morphometrics; Propithecus diadema candidus; Propithecus diadema perrieri; Protein to fiber ratios; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MADAGASCAR; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PROSIMIAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXON;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD SUPPLY; MADAGASCAR; SEASONS; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 13544274200     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10428     Document Type: Article

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