Food items consumed by white-headed langurs in Fusui, China

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1551-1567

  Li, Zhaoyuan ^a   Elizabeth Rogers, M ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Diet; Habitat; Trachypithecus leucocephalus

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DIET; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; PHENOLOGY; PRIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUSUI NATURE RESERVE; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU;

ANIMALIA; TRACHYPITHECUS LEUCOCEPHALUS;

EID: 33845618033     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-006-9090-8     Document Type: Article

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