Verreaux's eagles (Aquila verreauxi) as potential predators of hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas hamadryas) in Eritrea

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-66

  Zinner, Dietmar ^a   Peláez, Fernando ^b  

^a Abt Verhaltensforschung/Okologie   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas hamadryas); Predation, Eritrea; Verreaux's eagle (Aquila verreauxi)

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PRIMATE; RAPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EAGLE; ERITREA; FEMALE; MALE; PAPIO; PREDATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; EAGLES; ERITREA; FEMALE; MALE; PAPIO; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ERITREA;

ACCIPITRIDAE; ANIMALIA; AQUILA; AQUILA RAPAX; AQUILA VERREAUXI; CICONIIFORMES; HAMADRYAS; MILVUS MIGRANS; PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PAPIO HAMADRYAS HAMADRYAS; PRIMATES; RAPTORES;

EID: 0344699466     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1999)47:1<61::AID-AJP7>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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