Factors affecting vigilance within wild mixed-species troops of saddleback (Saguinus fuscicollis) and moustached tamarins (S. mystax)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 18-25

  Smith, Andrew C ^a,c   Kelez, Shaleyla ^b   Buchanan Smith, Hannah M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AGRARIA LA MOLINA   (Peru)

^c ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interspecific differences; Predation; Saguinus; Sex; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; PRIMATE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIGILANCE;

ANTHROPOIDEA; CREADION CARUNCULATUS; PRIMATES; SAGUINUS; SAGUINUS FUSCICOLLIS; SAGUINUS MYSTAX;

EID: 2442438760     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0753-6     Document Type: Article

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