Seasonal Energetic Stress in a Tropical Forest Primate: Proximate Causes and Evolutionary Implications

Steffen Foerster; Marina Cords; Steven L. Monfort

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050108

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Seasonal Energetic Stress in a Tropical Forest Primate: Proximate Causes and Evolutionary Implications

Steffen Foerster ,

* E-mail: sf2041@columbia.edu

Affiliations Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Institute of Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
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Marina Cords,

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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Steven L. Monfort

Affiliation Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, Virginia, United States of America
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Seasonal Energetic Stress in a Tropical Forest Primate: Proximate Causes and Evolutionary Implications

Steffen Foerster,
Marina Cords,
Steven L. Monfort

Published: November 28, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050108

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