Food preferences of wild mountain gorillas

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 927-938

  Ganas, Jessica ^a,c   Ortmann, Sylvia ^b   Robbins, Martha M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bwindi impenetrable national park; Foraging strategy; Nutritional ecology; Protein; Sugar

Indexed keywords

PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN;

FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; HOMINID; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; GORILLA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; GORILLA GORILLA; PHENOLS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UGANDA;

AFRICA; BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK; EAST AFRICA; SOUTHERN PROVINCE [UGANDA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

ANIMALIA; GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI;

EID: 53549122744     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20584     Document Type: Article

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