Interpopulation differences in exudate feeding of pygmy marmosets in Ecuadorian Amazonia

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-158

  Yépez, Pablo ^a   De La Torre, Stella ^b   Snowdon, Charles T ^c  

^a Fundacion Vihoma   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cebuella pygmaea; Ecuadorian Amazon; Exudate feeding; Population differences; Pygmy marmoset

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; PRIMATE;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CALLITHRIX PYGMAEA; CEDRELA; CEDRELA ODORATA; INGA; MARMOSETS; PRIMATES; STERCULIA; STERCULIA APETALA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ECUADOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MARMOSET; METABOLISM; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; TIME;

ANIMALS; CALLITRICHINAE; DIET; ECUADOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; OBSERVATION; PLANTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 23244462466     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20134     Document Type: Article

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