Traditional nutritional analyses of figs overestimates intake of most nutrient fractions: A study of Ficus perforata consumed by howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata mexicana)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 432-438

  Urquiza Haas, Tania ^a   Serio Silva, Juan Carlos ^b   Hernández Salazar, Laura Teresa ^c  

^a Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento Y Uso de la Biodiversidad ^*  (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alouatta palliata mexicana; Figs; Nutritional composition

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS TREE; DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; NUTRITION; PRIMATE;

ALOUATTA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FEMALE; FICUS; MALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL VALUE;

ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; DIET; FEMALE; FICUS; MALE; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA PALLIATA MEXICANA; ANIMALIA; FICUS PERFORATA; PRIMATES; UROSTIGMA;

EID: 52449127932     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20510     Document Type: Article

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