Movements of vetvets (Cercopithecus aethiops) and patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas) as estimators of food resource size, density, and distribution

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-133

  Isbell, Lynne A ^a   Pruetz, Jill D ^b   Young, Truman P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance; Food resources; Group size; Intragroup aggression; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

FOOD RESOURCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; MOVEMENT; PATAS MONKEY; VERVET MONKEY;

ACACIA; ACACIA DREPANOLOBIUM; ACACIA XANTHOPLOEA; ANIMALIA; CERCOCEBUS; CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; ERYTHROCEBUS; ERYTHROCEBUS PATAS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0031949980     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050420     Document Type: Article

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