Diet and activity budget of Rhinopithecus roxellana in the Qinling Mountains, China

Primates

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 268-276

  Guo, Songtao ^a   Li, Baoguo ^a   Watanabe, Kunio ^b  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activity budget; Diet; Qinling Mountains; Rhinopithecus roxellana

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACTIVITY PATTERN; DIET; FOOD QUALITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PHENOLOGY; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHINA; COLOBINAE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CHINA; COLOBINAE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PLANT LEAVES; SEEDS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINLING MOUNTAINS;

PYGATHRIX ROXELLANA;

EID: 38149039382     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-007-0048-z     Document Type: Article

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