Diet of a group of Callicebus torquatus lugens (Humboldt, 1812) during the annual resource bottleneck in amazonian Colombia

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 503-522

  Palacios, Erwin ^a,b   Rodríguez, Adriana ^a   Defler, Thomas R ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b Estación Biológica Caparü ^*  (Colombia)

^c Estación Biológica Caparü Fundación Natura   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Callicebus torquatus; Diet

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FRUGIVORY; HERBIVORY; SEED EATING;

AMAZONIA; COLOMBIA;

ANAXAGOREA; ANAXAGOREA BRACHYCARPA; ANNONACEAE; ARANEAE; ARECACEAE; CAESALPINIACEAE; CAESALPINIOIDEAE; CALLICEBUS LUGENS; CALLICEBUS TORQUATUS; CALLICEBUS TORQUATUS LUGENS; CECROPIACEAE; CHRYSOBALANACEAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; HETEROSTEMON; HETEROSTEMON CONJUGATUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; IRYANTHERA; IRYANTHERA CRASSIFOLIA; IRYANTHERA ULEI; MORACEAE; MYRISTICACEAE; OENOCARPUS BATAUA; SANDWITHIA; SANDWITHIA HETEROCALYX; URTICACEAE; VIROLA; VIROLA MELINONII;

EID: 0030967730     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026307121583     Document Type: Article

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