Intergroup variation in stable isotope ratios reflects anthropogenic impact on the Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus) of Gibraltar

Primates

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-40

  Schurr, Mark R ^a   Fuentes, Agustín ^a   Luecke, Ellen ^b   Cortes, John ^c   Shaw, Eric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b Healthy Communities Institute   (United States)

^c GIBRALTAR ORNITHOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY   (Gibraltar)

Author keywords

Gibraltar; Isotope analysis; Macaca sylvanus; Provisioning; Tourism

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PRIMATE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOURIST ATTRACTION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DIET; FEMALE; GIBRALTAR; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MACACA; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIET; FEMALE; GIBRALTAR; HAIR; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MACACA; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES;

GIBRALTAR;

MACACA; MACACA SYLVANUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 84855489543     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-011-0268-0     Document Type: Article

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