Abstract

Specifically, we recommend (i) the increased application of the Geometric Framework for nutrition, (ii) the application of methodological approaches that enable the estimation of nutrient and energy availability from food sources, and (iii) continuous follows of individual primates in the wild for determining primary nutritional goals.

Keywords

non-human primates; energy; plant secondary metabolites; protein; nutrient balancing

Published in

Functional Ecology
2009, Volume: 23, number: 1, pages: 70-78
Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL

SLU Authors

• Felton, Adam

  • Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Felton, Annika

  • Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01526.x

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/50206