Dietary breadth and resource use of François' langur in a seasonal and disturbed habitat

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1176-1187

  Hu, Gang ^a,b  

^a CHINA WEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dietary breadth; Dietary variability; Food availability; Fran ois's langur (Trachypithecus francoisi); Seasonal and disturbed habitat

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BUSHLAND; CORRELATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FRUIT; HABITAT TYPE; PRIMATE; RESOURCE USE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; COLOBINAE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD PREFERENCE; HERBIVORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SEASON;

ANIMALS; CHINA; COLOBINAE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD PREFERENCES; HERBIVORY; PLANTS; SEASONS;

CHINA; GUIZHOU; MAYANGHE NATIONAL NATURE RESERVE;

ANIMALIA; TRACHYPITHECUS; TRACHYPITHECUS FRANCOISI;

EID: 80053098186     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20985     Document Type: Article

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