The importance of ingestion rates for estimating food quality and energy intake

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 951-965

  Schülke, Oliver ^a,b   Chalise, Mukesh K ^c   Koenig, Andreas ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Feeding ecology; Food choice; Ingestion rates; Nutritional composition; Semnopithecus entellus; Socioecological models

Indexed keywords

FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; INGESTION RATE; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CERCOPITHECIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY PROTEINS; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; JODHPUR; NARAYANI; NEPAL; RAJASTHAN; RAMNAGAR; SOUTH ASIA;

PRESBYTIS ENTELLUS; PRIMATES; SEMNOPITHECUS ENTELLUS;

EID: 33749427567     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20300     Document Type: Article

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