Resource partitioning and interspecific interactions among sympatric rain forest arboreal mammals of the Western Ghats, India

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 479-490

  Sushma, H S ^a   Singh, Mewa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

Bonnet macaque; Indian giant squirrel; Interspecific interactions; Lion tailed macaque; Niche breadth; Niche overlap; Nilgiri langur; Primates; Resource partitioning

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL SPECIES; DIET; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; HABITAT USE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MAMMAL; NICHE PARTITIONING; STRATIFICATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

CULLENIA EXARILLATA; FICUS MICROCARPA; MACACA; MACACA RADIATA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; RATUFA INDICA; SCIURIDAE; TRACHYPITHECUS JOHNII;

EID: 33645725819     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arj058     Document Type: Article

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