Is diet flexibility an adaptive life trait for relictual and peri-urban populations of the endangered primate Macaca sylvanus?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Maibeche, Yasmina ^a   Moali, Aissa ^a   Yahi, Nassima ^b   Menard, Nelly ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEJAIA   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT; MACACA; MACACA SYLVANUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION GROWTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; ADAPTATION; ALGERIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; GEOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

MACACA; MACACA SYLVANUS; PRIMATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALGERIA; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MACACA; MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84923811633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118596     Document Type: Article

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