Multivariate Analysis of Organismal and Habitat Parameters in Two Neotropical Primate Communities

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-194

  Youlatos, Dionisios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atelinae; Callitrichinae; Ecuador; Feeding behavior; French Guiana; Habitat; Locomotion; Pitheciinae; Platyrrhines; Principal components analysis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOREST; FRUGIVORY; HABITAT QUALITY; LOCOMOTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOTROPICS; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEBIDAE; CEBUS; ECUADOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRENCH GUIANA; LOCOMOTION; SAGUINUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1642579661     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10307     Document Type: Article

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