Comparing measures of travel distances in primates: Methodological considerations and socioecological implications

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 87-98

  Isbell, Lynne A ^a,c   Pruetz, Jill D ^b   Nzuma, Bernard Musyoka ^c   Young, Truman P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c PAVE ^*  (Kenya)

Author keywords

Monkeys; Patas; Travel distance; Vervets

Indexed keywords

MOVEMENT; PRIMATE; SOCIOBIOLOGY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ERYTHROCEBUS; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS; ENERGY METABOLISM; ERYTHROCEBUS; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CERCOCEBUS; CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; ERYTHROCEBUS; ERYTHROCEBUS PATAS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0032909149     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1999)48:2<87::AID-AJP1>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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