Differences in Activity Budgets and Diet Between Semiprovisioned and Wild-Feeding Groups of the Endangered Barbary Macaque (Macaca sylvanus) in the Central High Atlas Mountains, Morocco

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 210-216

  El Alami, Abderrazak ^a   Van Lavieren, Els ^b   Rachida, Aboufatima ^c   Chait, Abderrahman ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^b Moroccan Primate Conservation Foundation   (Netherlands)

^c SULTAN MOULAY SLIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Activity budget; Conservation; Diet; Human food; Macaca sylvanus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AGGRESSION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONTEST COMPETITION; DIET; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT TYPE; PRIMATE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TOURIST DESTINATION; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; MOROCCO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; MOROCCO;

ALGERIA; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; HIGH ATLAS; MOROCCO;

MACACA; MACACA SYLVANUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 84864036854     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.21989     Document Type: Article

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