Habitat Use and Trophic Niche Overlap of Two Sympatric Colobines, Presbytis potenziani and Simias concolor, on Siberut Island, Indonesia

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 218-232

  Hadi, Susilo ^a,b,c   Ziegler, Thomas ^a   Waltert, Matthias ^b   Syamsuri, Fauzan ^d   Mühlenberg, Michael ^b   Hodges, J Keith ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^d BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Activity budget; Diet; Habitat use; Mentawai islands; Niche separation; Presbytis potenziani; Simias concolor

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DATA SET; DIET; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; LEAF; NICHE BREADTH; NICHE OVERLAP; NICHE PARTITIONING; PRIMATE; RAINFOREST; SAMPLING; SYMPATRY;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; MENTAWAI ISLANDS; SIBERUT; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES; WEST SUMATRA;

ANIMALIA; NASALIS CONCOLOR; PRESBYTIS POTENZIANI;

EID: 84857138389     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-011-9567-y     Document Type: Article

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