Body size and fatness of free‐living baboons reflect food availability and activity levels

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 149-161

  Altmann, Jeanne ^a,b,d   Schoeller, Dale ^a   Altmann, Stuart A ^a,b   Muruthi, Philip ^b,d   Sapolsky, Robert M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

feeding conditions; variability in fatness; wild nonhuman primates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996102540     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.1350300207     Document Type: Article

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