Towards an ecological solution to the folivore paradox: Patch depletion as an indicator of within-group scramble competition in red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus tephrosceles)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-190

  Snaith, Tamaini V ^a   Chapman, Colin A ^b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colobines; Kibale; Patch depletion; Red colobus; Scramble competition; Social systems; Socioecological models

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PRIMATE; SCRAMBLE COMPETITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WORLD;

COLOBINAE; COLOBUS SP.; PILIOCOLOBUS; PRIMATES; PROCOLOBUS BADIUS;

EID: 27644495910     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0023-x     Document Type: Article

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