Optimal foraging on the roof of the world: Himalayan langurs and the classical prey model

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 337-357

  Sayers, Ken ^a   Norconk, Marilyn A ^b   Conklin Brittain, Nancy L ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colobines; Diet selection; Patch choice; Theoretical ecology

Indexed keywords

LIPID; ORGANIC MATTER; PROTEIN; SUGAR;

AGE; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FIBER; FOOD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD COMPOSITION; GENDER; MALE; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OPTIMAL FORAGING; PREDICTION; PREY; PRIMATE; PROFIT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMNOPITHECUS ENTELLUS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CERCOPITHECIDAE; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCES; NEPAL; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS;

PRIMATES; SEMNOPITHECUS ENTELLUS;

EID: 76149108162     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21149     Document Type: Article

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