Effects of forest structure and composition on food availability for Varecia variegata at Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-70

  Balko, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Underwood, H Brian ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Lemurs; Logging; Madagascar; Phenology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DISPERSION; DISTURBANCE; FOOD AVAILABILITY;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; MADAGASCAR; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PROSIMIAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; LEMURIDAE; MADAGASCAR; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; OCEANIC REGIONS; RANOMAFANA NATIONAL PARK; WORLD;

LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; STREPSIRHINI; VARECIA VARIEGATA;

EID: 21244450767     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20127     Document Type: Conference Paper

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