Seasonal variations in the activity budget of Nomascus concolor jingdongensis at Mt. Wuliang, Central Yunnan, China: Effects of diet and temperature

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1047-1057

  Fan, Peng Fei ^a,b   Ni, Qing Yong ^a   Sun, Guo Zheng ^a   Huang, Bei ^a   Jiang, Xue Long ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b DALI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Activity budget; Central Yunnan; China; Nomascus concolor jingdongensis; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ADAPTATION; BIOENERGETICS; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIMATE; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WULIANG MOUNTAINS; YUNNAN;

HYLOBATIDAE; NOMASCUS CONCOLOR;

EID: 51349134915     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-008-9256-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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