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Namib desert Chacma baboon (Papio Ursinus) use of food and water resources during a food shortage / William J. Hamilton III

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Madoqua, Vol. 14, No. 4, (1986) ; p. 397 - 407Publication details: Windhoek : Nature Conservation and Tourism Division, 1986, : John Meinert PrintingDescription: 11 pages : plates, tables; 28 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • PER 154 Madoqua
Summary: Baboons in the Kuiseb canyon shifted to alternative foods as search time for formerly preferred foods increased. Newly incorporated plant food items included one species, Cyperus marginatus, which required extensive processing and one species, Salvadora persica which was an abundant but low quality food. Toxic food were also selectively incorporated into the diet without obvious adverse effect
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Baboons in the Kuiseb canyon shifted to alternative foods as search time for formerly preferred foods increased. Newly incorporated plant food items included one species, Cyperus marginatus, which required extensive processing and one species, Salvadora persica which was an abundant but low quality food. Toxic food were also selectively incorporated into the diet without obvious adverse effect

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