Diet and Feeding Behavior of Rhinopithecus brelichi at Yangaoping, Guizhou

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 551-560

  Xiang, Zuo Fu ^a,b   Liang, Wen Bin ^a   Nie, Shuai Guo ^a   Li, Ming ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Colobinae; Diet; Feeding ecology; Rhinopithecus brelichi

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BUD; CLIMBING PLANT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FLOWER; FRUIT; HABITAT LOSS; NICHE BREADTH; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIMATE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHINA; COLOBINAE; DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TREE;

ANIMALS; CHINA; COLOBINAE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; TREES;

CHINA; FANJINGSHAN NATIONAL NATURE RESERVE; GUIZHOU;

COLOBINAE; HAPLORHINI; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MAGNOLIA SPRENGERI; MAGNOLIACEAE; POACEAE; PRIMATES; PYGATHRIX BRELICHI;

EID: 84862803980     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22008     Document Type: Article

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