Posture and support use of old world monkeys (cercopithecidae): The influence of foraging strategies, activity patterns, and the spatial distribution of preferred food items

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 229-250

  McGraw, W Scott ^a  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cercocebus; Cercopithecus; Colobus; Foraging strategies; Positional behavior

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; POSTURE; PRIMATE; SUPPORT;

COTE D'IVOIRE;

ANIMALIA; CERCOCEBUS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CERCOPITHECUS; COLOBUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0344835735     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2345(1998)46:3<229::aid-ajp4>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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