Long-term variation in fruiting and the food habits of wild Japanese macaques on Kinkazan Island, northern Japan

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1068-1080

  Tsuji, Yamato ^a   Fujita, Shiho ^b   Sugiura, Hideki ^c   Saito, Chiemi ^d   Takatsuki, Seiki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Food habits; Long term variation; Macaca fuscata; Nut availability

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUITING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NUT; PRIMATE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EATING; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MACACA; NUT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EATING; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MACACA; NUTS; SEASONS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKAZAN; MIYAGI; TOHOKU;

ANIMALIA; CARPINUS; FAGUS; FAGUS CRENATA; MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA; TORREYA NUCIFERA; ZELKOVA SERRATA;

EID: 33751051743     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20307     Document Type: Article

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