Food abundance affects energy intake and reproduction in frugivorous female Assamese macaques

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1053-1066

  Heesen, Marlies ^a   Rogahn, Sebastian ^a   Ostner, Julia ^a   Schülke, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assamese macaque; Ecology; Energy budget; Feeding competition; Nutrition; Reproduction; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENERGY USE; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUGIVORY; MATING SUCCESS; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE COST;

THAILAND;

MACACA; MACACA ASSAMENSIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84878952912     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1530-9     Document Type: Article

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