Shifting forest composition and primate diets: A 13-year comparison of the Tana River mangabey and its habitat

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 339-348

  Wieczkowski, Julie ^a   Kinnaird, Margaret ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MPALA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Kenya)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cercocebus; Diet; Forest composition; Fruit phenology; Habitat change; Temporal comparison

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANA RIVER [KENYA];

CERCOCEBUS; CERCOCEBUS GALERITUS; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERCOCEBUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE;

ANIMALS; CERCOCEBUS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; TREES;

EID: 44449099809     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20495     Document Type: Article

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