Fruit availability, chimpanzee diet, and grouping patterns on Rubondo Island, Tanzania

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 487-502

  Moscovice, Liza R ^a   Issa, M H ^b   Petrzelkova, K J ^c   Keuler, N S ^d   Snowdon, C T ^e   Huffman, M A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Tanzania National Parks   (Tanzania)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Fallback food; Fecal analyses; Release site; Rubondo Island

Indexed keywords

DIET; FECES; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; FRUGIVORY; GROUP SIZE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PRIMATE; SEASONALITY; VINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIET; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; PAN TROGLODYTES; PILOT STUDY; SEASON; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; DIET; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; PAN TROGLODYTES; PILOT PROJECTS; SEASONS; TANZANIA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MWANZA [TANZANIA]; RUBONDO ISLAND; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

PAN; SABA COMORENSIS;

EID: 34247595013     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20350     Document Type: Article

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