Diet of a free-ranging group of squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) in Eastern Brazilian Amazonia

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 150-158

  Lima, Eldianne M ^a,b   Ferrari, Stephen F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diet; Eastern Amazonia; Frugivory; Insectivory; Saimiri sciureus; Squirrel monkeys

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; BRAZIL; CEBIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW; SEASON; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ARTHROPODS; BRAZIL; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; MALE; PLANTS; SAIMIRI; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; FABACEAE; LEPIDOPTERA; ORTHOPTERA; SAIMIRI SCIUREUS; SAPOTACEAE; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0037665255     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070648     Document Type: Review

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