A more detailed seasonal division of the energy balance and the protein balance of Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) on Kinkazan Island, northern Japan

Primates

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 157-160

  Tsuji, Yamato ^a,d   Kazahari, Nobuko ^b   Kitahara, Masahiko ^c   Takatsuki, Seiki ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YAMANASHI INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Energy; Japanese macaques; Macaca fuscata; Nutritional condition; Protein

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BALANCE; FOOD INTAKE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIMATE; PROTEIN; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; JAPAN; MACACA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; SEASON;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; DIETARY PROTEINS; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; JAPAN; MACACA; SEASONS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKAZAN; MIYAGI; NAKAGAWA; TOHOKU;

MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA;

EID: 40849127128     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-007-0070-1     Document Type: Article

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