Feeding and general activity patterns of a howler monkey (Alouatta palliata) troop living in a forest fragment at Los Tuxtlas, Mexico

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 167-183

  Estrada, Alejandro ^a,b   Juan Solano, Saul ^a   MartInez, Teresita Ortiz ^a   Coates Estrada, Rosamond ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ZOOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Activity patterns; Alouatta palliata; Diet; Feeding behavior; Forest fragmentation; Los Tuxtlas, Mexico

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE;

ALOUATTA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; MALE; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SEASON; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE; WILD ANIMAL;

ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; MALE; MEXICO; PLANTS; SEASONS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

MEXICO;

EID: 0033032733     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1999)48:3<167::AID-AJP1>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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