Foraging ecology of howler monkeys in a cacao (Theobroma cacao) plantation in Comalcalco, Mexico

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-142

  Muñoz, David ^a   Estrada, Alejandro ^b,d   Naranjo, Eduardo ^a   Ochoa, Susana ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE ZOOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

A. palliata; Agroecosystems; Conservation; Foraging ecology; Howler monkeys; Tabasco, Mexico

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PRIMATE;

AGRICULTURE; ALOUATTA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CACAO; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; TREE;

AGRICULTURE; ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CACAO; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; MEXICO; PLANT LEAVES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ALOUATTA; FICUS COTINIFOLIA; FICUS OBTUSIFOLIA; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; PRIMATES; SAMANEA SAMAN; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 33644616163     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20211     Document Type: Article

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