Seasonal variation of diet and food availability in a group of Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys in Shennongjia Nature Reserve, China

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 217-233

  Yiming, Li ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Diet; Food availability; Food tree selection; Fruits or seeds; Lichens; Seasonality; Sichuan snub nosed monkey; Young leaves

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PRIMATE; SEASONALITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; COLOBINAE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TREE;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CHINA; COLOBINAE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; TREES;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; SHENNONGJIA NATURE RESERVE;

MALUS HALLIANA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PARMELIACEAE; SALIX;

EID: 33645339552     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20220     Document Type: Article

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