Leaf nutritional quality as a predictor of primate biomass: Further evidence of an ecological anomaly within prosimian communities in Madagascar

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-151

  Simmen, Bruno ^a   Tarnaud, Laurent ^a   Hladik, Annette ^a  

^a Université Paris Diderot   (France)

Author keywords

gallery forest; leaf chemistry; lemur abundance; protein : fibre ratio; species extinction

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BASAL AREA; BIOMASS; CANOPY; CENSUS; ECOMORPHOLOGY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EXTINCTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CORRIDOR; LEAF; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PRIMATE; PROTEIN; SPECIALIZATION; TRANSECT; TROPICAL FOREST;

MADAGASCAR;

LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; SIMIIFORMES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 84857201738     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026646741200003X     Document Type: Article

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