Diet and social behaviour changes in a red howler monkey (alouatta seniculus) troop in a highly degraded rain forest

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 357-361

  de Thoisy, Benoît ^a   Richard Hansen, Cécile ^a  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

Alouatta seniculus; Behaviour change; Degraded habitat; Epiphytes; Flooded forest; French Guiana; Howler monkey; Troop cohesion

Indexed keywords

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA SENICULUS;

EID: 0011106823     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000157266     Document Type: Article

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