Seasonal variation in feeding behavior, competition and female social relationships in a forest dwelling guenon, the blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni), in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 566-577

  Pazol, Karen ^a   Cords, Marina ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance rank; Feeding competition; Resource utilization; Socioecology

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KAKAMEGA FOREST; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN PROVINCE [KENYA]; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS MITIS;

EID: 26944491811     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0953-3     Document Type: Article

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