Feeding strategies of primates in temperate and alpine forests: Comparison of Asian macaques and colobines

Primates

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 201-215

  Tsuji, Yamato ^a   Hanya, Goro ^a   Grueter, Cyril C ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpine environment; Colobine; Food habits; Latitude; Macaque; Precipitation; Temperate environment

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOLIAGE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRIMATE; TEMPERATE FOREST; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASIA; COLOBINAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; MACACA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASIA; COLOBINAE; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; MACACA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; MACACA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84879785172     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-013-0359-1     Document Type: Article

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