Nutritional benefits of Crematogaster mimosae ants and Acacia drepanolobium gum for patas monkeys and vervets in Laikipia, Kenya

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 286-300

  Isbell, Lynne A ^a   Rothman, Jessica M ^b,c   Young, Peter J ^d   Rudolph, Kathleen ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CONSORTIUM IN EVOLUTIONARY PRIMATOLOGY   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

arthropods; gummivory; insectivory; minerals; primates

Indexed keywords

ACACIA DREPANOLOBIUM; GUM ARABIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHLOROCEBUS; CREMATOGASTER MIMOSAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HAPLORHINI; KENYA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; SWELLING;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ANTS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; ERYTHROCEBUS PATAS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GUM ARABIC; KENYA; MALE; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

EID: 84872356350     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22205     Document Type: Article

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