Food choices and habitat use by the Tana river yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus): A preliminary report on five years of data

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 432-436

  Bentley Condit, Vicki K ^a  

^a GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Foods; Habitat use; Yellow baboons

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HABITAT USE; HERB; MONOCOTYLEDON; NATURE RESERVE; PRIMATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAVANNA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANA RIVER PRIMATE NATIONAL RESERVE;

CERCOCEBUS; CERCOCEBUS GALERITUS; HYPHAENE COMPRESSA; PAPIO; PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS; PHOENIX RECLINATA; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; KENYA; PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD HABITS; KENYA; PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS;

EID: 67449106601     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20670     Document Type: Article

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