The foraging behavior of Japanese macaques Macaca fuscata in a forested enclosure: Effects of nutrient composition, energy and its seasonal variation on the consumption of natural plant foods

Current Zoology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 198-208

  Jaman, M Firoj ^a,b   Huffman, Michael A ^a   Takemoto, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Captive primates; Enrichment; Food consumption; Nutrition; Provisioned foods; Semi natural vegetation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA; PRIMATES;

EID: 77449137385     PISSN: 00017302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/56.2.198     Document Type: Article

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