Dietary ecology of Chacma baboons (Papio Ursinus (Kerr, 1972) and Pleistocene Cercopithecoidea in Savanna environments of South Africa

Bibliography: leaves 124-140. === This dissertation deals with the dietary ecology of savanna-dwelling chacma baboons (Papio ursinus), and a number of fossil cercopithecoids, from modern and Pleistocene environments of South Africa, respectively, using principles of stable light isotope ecology. Pre...

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Main Author: Codron, Daryl Mark
Other Authors: Lee-Thorp, Julia A
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4190
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Summary:Bibliography: leaves 124-140. === This dissertation deals with the dietary ecology of savanna-dwelling chacma baboons (Papio ursinus), and a number of fossil cercopithecoids, from modern and Pleistocene environments of South Africa, respectively, using principles of stable light isotope ecology. Previous studies of baboon ecology, based largely on direct observations, have not quantified spatial and temporal dietary variability. The dietary ecology of fossil cercopithecoids is even less clear.