The relationship between artificial food supply and natural food selection in two troops of commensal Hamadryas Baboons Papio hamadryas (Mammalia: Primates: Cercopithecidae) in Saudi Arabia

The relationship between artificial food supply and natural food selection in two troops of commensal Hamadryas Baboons Papio hamadryas (Mammalia: Primates: Cercopithecidae) in Saudi Arabia

The Hamadryas Baboon is the only nonhuman primate to inhabit the Arabian Peninsula.  In Saudi Arabia, Hamadryas Baboons are known to rely on both human and natural plant foods.  We examined the relationship between artificial food supply and natural food selection in two commensal hamadryas troops i...

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Main Authors: Ahmed Boug, M. Zafar-ul Islam, Toshitaka Iwamoto, Akio Mori, Akihiro Yamane, Amy L. Schreier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2017-10-01
Series:Journal of Threatened Taxa
Subjects:
baboons
commensalism
feeding strategy
natural diet
papio hamadryas
saudi arabia
human-wildlife conflict
Online Access:https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/3348

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