Seasonal variation and sex differences in the nutritional status in two local populations of wild japanese macaques

Primates

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 355-364

  Muroyama, Yasuyuki ^a,b,d   Kanamori, Hiroki ^c   Kitahara, Eiji ^b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c Shimane Prefecture Forest Research Center   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body mass; Macaca fuscata fuscata; Mesenteric and omental fat; Seasonality; Skinfold thickness

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA FUSCATA;

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; JAPAN; MACACA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WILD ANIMAL;

ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; JAPAN; MACACA; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 39049195749     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-006-0184-x     Document Type: Article

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