The effects of extreme seasonality of climate and day length on the activity budget and diet of semi-commensal chacma baboons (papio ursinus) in the Cape Peninsula of South Africa

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 104-112

  van Doorn, A C ^a   O'Riain, M J ^a   Swedell, L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CONSORTIUM IN EVOLUTIONARY PRIMATOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity budgets; Commensalism; Day length; Diet; Food enhancement; Foraging strategies; Raiding; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMENSAL; DAY LENGTH; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; GRASS; PRIMATE; SEASONALITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAPIO URSINUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAPIO URSINUS; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA;

CAPE PENINSULA; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PAPIO; PAPIO URSINUS; POACEAE; PRIMATES; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 72249122128     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20759     Document Type: Article

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