The effect of urban and rural habitats and resource type on activity budgets of commensal rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) in Bangladesh

Primates

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-59

  Jaman, M Firoj ^a,b   Huffman, Michael A ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Behavioral activity; Habitat effect; Resource type; Rhesus macaque; Rural and urban group

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD PREFERENCE; GROOMING; HABITAT TYPE; PRIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RHESUS MONKEY; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BANGLADESH;

MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84871645443     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-012-0330-6     Document Type: Article

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