Fatty acids in mountain gorilla diets: Implications for primate nutrition and health

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 281-288

  Reiner, Whitney B ^a,b   Petzinger, Christina ^c   Power, Michael L ^c,d   Hyeroba, David ^e   Rothman, Jessica M ^a,f  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS   (United States)

^e The Jane Goodall Institute   (United States)

^f New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology NYCEP   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha linolenic; Ape diets; Essential fatty acid; Linoleic; Nutritional ecology; Polyunsaturated

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; APE DIETS; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRUIT; GORILLA; HEALTH STATUS; LINOLEIC; NUTRITIONAL ECOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POLYUNSATURATED;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC; APE DIETS; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC; NUTRITIONAL ECOLOGY; POLYUNSATURATED;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; DIET; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY INTAKE; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRUIT; GORILLA GORILLA; HEALTH STATUS; LINOLEIC ACID; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 84894084765     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22232     Document Type: Article

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