Effects of food and topography on ranging behavior of black crested gibbon (Nomascus concolor jingdongensis) in Wuliang Mountain, Yunnan, China

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 871-878

  Fan, Peng Fei ^a,b   Jiang, Xue Long ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b DALI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HOME RANGE; HOMINID; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; RANGE SIZE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR;

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

HYLOBATIDAE; NOMASCUS CONCOLOR;

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; HAPLORHINI; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; HYLOBATES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RAIN; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 53049103723     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20577     Document Type: Article

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