Positional behavior of Cebuella pygmaea in Yasuni National Park, Ecuador

Primates

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 543-550

  Youlatos, Dionisios ^a  

^a NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Callitrichids; Cebuella pygmaea; Ecuador; Positional behavior; Pygmy marmoset; Scansorial; Vertical cling; Vertical leap

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; PRIMATE;

ECUADOR; YASUNI NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; ANTHROPOIDEA; CALLITHRIX PYGMAEA; CALLITRICHIDAE; CEBUELLA PYGMAEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MARMOSETS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0033379806     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02574829     Document Type: Article

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