Interspecific and temporal variation of ant species within Acacia drepanolobium ant domatia, a staple food of patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas) in Laikipia, Kenya

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1387-1398

  Isbell, Lynne A ^a   Young, Truman P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crematogaster; Erythrocebus; Insectivory; Myrmecophyte; Tetraponera

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; ANT; DIET; DOMINANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD PREFERENCE; INSECTIVORY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LEGUME; PRIMATE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ACACIA; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ERYTHROCEBUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KENYA; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ACACIA; ANIMALS; ANTS; ECOSYSTEM; ERYTHROCEBUS PATAS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; KENYA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; LAIKIPIA; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ACACIA; ACACIA DREPANOLOBIUM; ANIMALIA; CREMATOGASTER MIMOSAE; CREMATOGASTER NIGRICEPS; CREMATOGASTER SJOSTEDTI; ERYTHROCEBUS; ERYTHROCEBUS PATAS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; PRIMATES; TETRAPONERA; TETRAPONERA PENZIGI;

EID: 36749000466     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20444     Document Type: Article

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