Measuring food intake in wild animals: primates.
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The last 30 years have seen the rapid accumulation of large quantities of data on the diets and feeding behaviour of free-ranging primates in all continents. Much is known about what, when and where different primates eat through the seasons, on their activity patterns and use of space, but in the wild it is difficult to quantify actual amounts of food and of primary and secondary nutrients ingested.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
دوره 57 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1998