Feeding outside the forest: The importance of crop raiding and an invasive weed in the diet of gallery forest ring-tailed Lemurs (Lemur catta) following a cyclone at the beza mahafaly special reserve, madagascar

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 233-246

  Lafleur, M ^a,b   Gould, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop raiding; Cyclone; Nutrition; Ring tailed lemurs

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HURRICANE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PREGNANCY; PROSIMIAN; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TREE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CYCLONIC STORMS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEMUR; MADAGASCAR; MALE; PLANTS; PREGNANCY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TREES;

ARGEMONE; ARGEMONE MEXICANA; EPINEPHELUS MORIO; IPOMOEA BATATAS; LEMUR CATTA; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI; TAMARINDUS INDICA;

EID: 70349252260     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000240968     Document Type: Article

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