Nutritional correlates of the "lean season": Effects of seasonality and frugivory on the nutritional ecology of diademed sifakas

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 78-91

  Irwin, Mitchell T ^a   Raharison, Jean Luc ^b   Raubenheimer, David ^c   Chapman, Colin A ^d,e   Rothman, Jessica M ^f,g  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^f CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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

Author keywords

fallback foods; lemurs; nutrient intake; seasonality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIETARY FIBER; FALLBACK FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLOWER; FOOD; FOOD QUALITY; FOREST; HABITAT; INGESTION; LEMURIDAE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PRIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

FALLBACK FOODS; LEMURS; NUTRIENT INTAKE; SEASONALITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; DIET; ECOLOGY; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; SEASONS; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 84890126753     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22412     Document Type: Article

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