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

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.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Geological Sciences

Year dc:date.issued

2003

Author dc:creator

• Codron, Daryl Mark

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Lee-Thorp, Julia A

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4190

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/4190