Fruit finding by mangabeys (Lophocebus albigena): Are monitoring of fig trees and use of sympatric frugivore calls possible strategies?

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 339-353

  Olupot, William ^a,b   Waser, Peter M ^b   Chapman, Colin A ^a,c  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Figs; Frugivore calls; Kibale National Park; Mangabeys; Range use; Search path

Indexed keywords

CALL MONITORING; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; FRUGIVORE; PRIMATE; SYMPATRIC SPECIES;

KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; UGANDA;

BYCANISTES SUBCYLINDRICUS; CERCOCEBUS; CORYTHAEOLA CRISTATA; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); LOPHOCEBUS ALBIGENA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES; TROGLODYTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031811687     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020391901832     Document Type: Article

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