Leaping behavior of Pithecia pithecia and Chiropotes satanas in eastern Venezuela

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 369-387

  Walker, Suzanne E ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pitheciinae; Positional behavior; Primate leaping

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; MOVEMENT; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; CEBIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; CEBIDAE; ENVIRONMENT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBSERVATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VENEZUELA;

BOLIVAR [VENEZUELA]; LAKE GURI; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CHIROPOTES; CHIROPOTES SATANAS; PITHECIA; PITHECIA PITHECIA; PITHECIINAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 27544468371     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20162     Document Type: Article

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