Sociality and asociality in white-nosed coatis (Nasua narica): Foraging costs and benefits

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 254-263

  Gompper, Matthew E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dipteryx; foraging; group living; Nasua narica; panama; Procyonidae; Scheelea; social structure

Indexed keywords

NASUA NARICA;

FORAGING COST; WHITE-NOSED COATI;

EID: 0029662732     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/7.3.254     Document Type: Article

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