Dietary and energetic responses of Pongo abelii to fruit availability fluctuations

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1535-1550

  Wich, S A ^a,d   Utami Atmoko, S S ^b   Mitra Setia, T ^b   Djoyosudharmo, S ^c   Geurts, M L ^a,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Universitas Nasional   (Indonesia)

^c Taman Nasional Gunung Leuser ^*  (Indonesia)

^d Great Ape Trust of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Ketones; Orangutan; Phenology

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DATA SET; DIET; DIETARY SHIFT; ENERGETICS; ENERGY BUDGET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FRUIT; KETONE; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

ASIA; ATJEH; BORNEO; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; KETAMBE; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

PONGO PYGMAEUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS ABELII; PONGO PYGMAEUS PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 33747032433     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-006-9093-5     Document Type: Article

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