Food Abundance Is the Main Determinant of High-Altitude Range Use in Snub-Nosed Monkeys

High-altitude dwelling primates have to optimize navigating a space that contains both a vertical and horizontal component. Black-and-white or Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus bieti) are extreme by primate standards in inhabiting relatively cold subalpine temperate forests at very high altit...

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Main Authors: Cyril C. Grueter, Dayong Li, Baoping Ren, Zuofu Xiang, Ming Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Zoology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/739419
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