Dietary shifts in relation to fruit availability among masked palm civets (Paguma larvata) in central China

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 435-447

  Zhou, Youbing ^a,b,c   Zhang, Jinshuo ^d   Slade, Eleanor ^e   Zhang, Libiao ^f   Palomares, Francisco ^g   Chen, Jin ^b   Wang, Xiaoming ^a   Zhang, Shuyi ^a,d  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f Guangdong Academy of Sciences   (China)

^g DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

China; Diet; Dietary shift; Fruit availability; Key food resource; Paguma larvata; Trophic diversity

Indexed keywords

DIETARY SHIFT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; MAMMAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

AMPHIBIA; ARTHROPODA; AVES; MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA; PAGUMA LARVATA; REPTILIA; RODENTIA; VIVERRIDAE;

EID: 43049149782     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-048R1.1     Document Type: Article

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