Does mom need more protein? Preliminary observations on differences in diet composition in a pair of red titi monkeys (Callicebus cupreus)

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 150-153

  Tirado Herrera, Emérita R ^a,b   Heymann, Eckhard W ^a,c  

^a Abt Verhaltensforschung/Okologie   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA AMAZONÍA PERUANA   (Peru)

^c Deutsches Primatenzentrum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Callicebus cupreus; Diet composition reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; OBSERVATION; PERU; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CEBIDAE; DIET; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; OBSERVATION; PERU;

ANIMALIA; CALLICEBUS; CALLICEBUS CUPREUS; CEBIDAE; CYRILLA;

EID: 3242743086     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078304     Document Type: Article

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