Geophagy in masked titi monkeys (Callicebus personatus melanochir) in Brazil

Primates

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-77

  Müller, Klaus Heinrich ^a,c   Ahl, Christian ^b   Hartmann, Gerhard ^b  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c University of Göttingen ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Callicebus personatus; Chemical properties; Geophagy; Masked titi monkey; Soil properties

Indexed keywords

ATTA; CALLICEBUS PERSONATUS; CYRILLA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 0001769035     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02385923     Document Type: Article

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