Linking feeding ecology and population abundance: A review of food resource limitation on primates

Ecological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 183-190

  Hanya, Goro ^a   Chapman, Colin A ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Fallback food; Nutrition; Population density; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD LIMITATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; PRIMATE; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; HYLOBATIDAE; LEMURIDAE; MACACA; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 84874713464     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-012-1012-y     Document Type: Article

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