Not only annual food abundance but also fallback food quality determines the japanese macaque density: Evidence from seasonal variations in home range size

Primates

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 275-278

  Hanya, Goro ^a   Kiyono, Mieko ^a   Yamada, Aya ^a   Suzuki, Katsuya ^a   Furukawa, Mari ^b   Yoshida, Yutaka ^c   Chijiiwa, Akira ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nature Kikaku Wildlife Research Office   (Japan)

^c YAMANASHI INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d Lago Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Density; Fat deposition; Home range; Macaca fuscata

Indexed keywords

MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; JAPAN; MACACA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; JAPAN; MACACA; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS;

EID: 33747346778     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-005-0176-2     Document Type: Article

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