Fur rubbing behavior in free-ranging black-handed spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) in Panama

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 205-208

  Campbell, Christina J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ateles geoffroyi; Barro Colorado Island; Fur rubbing; Rutaceae; Scent marking; Spider monkeys

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; FEMALE; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); ODOR; PLANT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEBIDAE; FEMALE; MALE; MOVEMENT; PLANTS; SMELL;

PANAMA;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ATELES; ATELES GEOFFROYI; ATELES SP.; CEBIDAE; CEBUS CAPUCINUS; HEXAPODA; PRIMATES; RUTACEAE;

EID: 0033924019     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2345(200007)51:3<205::AID-AJP5>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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