Diet of buffy tufted-eared marmosets (Callithrix aurita) in a forest fragment in southeastern Brazil

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 467-476

  Martins, Milene M ^a,b   Setz, Eleonore Z F ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Callithrix aurita; Diet; Forest fragment; Seasonality; Southeastern Brazil

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BRAZIL;

ACACIA PANICULATA; CALLITHRIX AURITA; MACLURA TINCTORIA;

EID: 0034120468     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005491903220     Document Type: Article

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