Orangutan energetics and the influence of fruit Availability in the nonmasting peat-swamp forest of sabangau, indonesian borneo

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 585-607

  Harrison, Mark E ^a,b   Morrogh Bernard, Helen C ^a,b   Chivers, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALANGKA RAYA   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Energy; Ketones; Masting; Orangutan; Peat swamp forest

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY FLOW; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; HOMINID; KETONE; MASTING; PEAT; SWAMP;

BORNEO;

HOMO; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 77954027413     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-010-9415-5     Document Type: Article

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