The nutritional geometry of resource scarcity: Effects of lean seasons and habitat disturbance on nutrient intakes and balancing in wild sifakas

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

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

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SADABE Madagascar   (Madagascar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^h CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

ⁱ USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING; HABITAT; HABITAT QUALITY; HERBIVORE; MACRONUTRIENT; MADAGASCAR; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PROPITHECUS DIADEMA; PROTEIN DIET; SEASON; WILD ANIMAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALORIC INTAKE; CATERING SERVICE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; LEMURIDAE; MALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PROSIMIAN; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; ATELES SP.; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; PROPITHECUS; PROPITHECUS DIADEMA;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH RESOURCES; LEMUR; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SEASONS; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 84936797759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128046     Document Type: Article

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