Winter food selection and diet composition of capped langur (Trachypithecus pileatus) in Arunachal Pradesh, India

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 157-166

  Solanki, G S ^a   Kumar, Awadhesh ^a   Sharma, B K ^b  

^a NORTH EASTERN REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Diet composition; Feeding behaviour; Food preference; Moraceae; Pakhui wildlife sanctuary; Traehypithecus pileatus

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD SELECTION; FRUIT; MAMMAL;

ARUNACHAL PRADESH; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; PAKHUI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY; SOUTH ASIA;

CALYCINA; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); FICUS RACEMOSA; MIKANIA; MIKANIA MICRANTHA; MORACEAE; TRACHYPITHECUS PILEATUS;

EID: 56049119152     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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