Comparative locomotion and habitat use of six monkeys in the Tai Forest, Ivory Coast

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 493-510

  Mcgraw, W Scott ^a  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cercocebus; Cercopithecus; Colobus; Habitat structure; Leaping; Locomotor ecology; Support use

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLIMBING; COTE D'IVOIRE; ECOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MONKEY; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CERCOPITHECIDAE; COTE D'IVOIRE; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; TREES;

EID: 0031919366     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199804)105:4<493::AID-AJPA7>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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