Experimental field study of the relative costs and benefits to wild tamarins (Saguinus imperator and S. fuscicollis) of exploiting contestable food patches as single- and mixed-species troops

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 139-153

  Bicca Marques, Júlio César ^a,b   Garber, Paul A ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Emperor tamarins; Foraging strategies; Interspecific dominance; Saddle back tamarins; Within patch foraging decisions

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOMINANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SAGUINUS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

SAGUINUS; SAGUINUS FUSCICOLLIS; SAGUINUS IMPERATOR;

EID: 0042284072     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.10101     Document Type: Article

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