Feeding ecology of bonobos living in forest-savannah mosaics: Diet seasonal variation and importance of fallback foods

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 948-962

  Serckx, Adeline ^a,b,c,d   Kühl, Hjalmar S ^d,e   Beudels Jamar, Roseline C ^b   Poncin, Pascal ^a   Bastin, Jean François ^a,c,f   Huynen, Marie Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c École régionale post universitaire d'Aménagement et de Gestion intégrés des Forêts et Territoires tropicaux   (Congo)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^e GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bonobos; Fallback foods; Feeding ecology; Fragmented environment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOREST EDGE; FRUGIVORY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MOSAIC; HERB; HOMINID; NUTRITIVE VALUE; RANGE EXPANSION; RESOURCE SELECTION; SAVANNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHRUB; VINE;

ANIMALIA; MARANTOCHLOA LEUCANTHA; PAN; PAN PANISCUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 84939575910     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22425     Document Type: Article

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