Diet and feeding behavior of Rhinopithecus bieti at Xiaochangdu, Tibet: Adaptations to a marginal environment

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1141-1158

  Xiang, Zuo Fu ^a,b,c   Huo, Sheng ^b   Xiao, Wen ^b   Quan, Rui Chang ^b   Grueter, Cyril C ^d  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Colobinae; Diet; Feeding ecology; Lichens; Rhinopithecus bieti; Tibet

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DIET; EXPLOITATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; INVERTEBRATE; LICHEN; PRIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; COLOBINAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COLOBINAE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; TIBET;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONGLAXUESHAN NATURE RESERVE; XIZANG;

COLOBINAE; INVERTEBRATA; PRIMATES; PYGATHRIX BIETI;

EID: 34948910590     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20412     Document Type: Article

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