Nutritional and health status of woolly monkeys

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 183-194

  Ange Van Heugten, Kimberly ^a,b   Timmer, Saskia ^b   Jansen, Walter L ^c   Verstegen, Martin W A ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c European Zoo Nutrition Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diet; Health; Hypertension; Primate; Woolly monkey

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; CAPTIVE BREEDING; CAPTIVE POPULATION; DIET; FOREST HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HYPERTENSION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIMATE; RESEARCH WORK; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

LAGOTHRIX; LAGOTHRIX LAGOTRICHA; PRIMATES;

EID: 40549098990     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-008-9233-1     Document Type: Review

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