Effects of black howler monkey (Alouatta caraya) seed ingestion on insect larvae

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 411-415

  Bravo, Susana P ^a   Zunino, Gabriel E ^a  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alouatta caraya; Diet; Feeding behavior; Howler monkeys; Seed ingestion

Indexed keywords

FOOD INTAKE; GALL; INSECT; LARVAE; PRIMATE;

ALOUATTA; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; LARVA; PLANT; PLANT SEED;

ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECTS; LARVA; PLANTS; ROSALES; SEEDS;

ARGENTINA;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA CARAYA; ANIMALIA; FICUS MONCKII; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; OCOTEA; OCOTEA PUBERULA; PRIMATES; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0031928532     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1998)45:4<411::AID-AJP7>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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