Annual Variation in Ecology and Reproduction of Wild Simakobu (Simias concolor)

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1406-1419

  Erb, Wendy M ^a   Borries, Carola ^a   Lestari, Nurul S ^b   Hodges, J Keith ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Forestry Research and Development Agency   (Indonesia)

^c GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birth distribution; Capital breeding; Conception; Food availability; Seasonal breeding; Southeast Asian colobines

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PRIMATE; RAINFALL; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEASONALITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WILD POPULATION;

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

NASALIS CONCOLOR; PRIMATES;

EID: 84869145289     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-012-9630-3     Document Type: Article

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