Diet and seasonal changes in Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulata) at Seven-star Park, Guilin

Acta Theriologica Sinica

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 419-426

  Zhou, Qihai ^a   Tang, Huaxing ^b   Wei, Chunqiang ^a   Huang, Chengming ^a,c  

^a GUANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Administration of Nonggang National Nature Reserve   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Diet; Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta); Seasonal change

Indexed keywords

BARK; DATA ACQUISITION; DIETARY SHIFT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD PREFERENCE; LEAF; PLANT; PRIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CHINA; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU; GUILIN;

MACACA; MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 76649089299     PISSN: 10001050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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