Time as a constraint on group size in spider monkeys

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 683-694

  Korstjens, Amanda H ^a   Verhoeckx, Ingrid Lugo ^a   Dunbar, Robin I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fission Fusion; Group living; Neotropics; Systems model; Time budget

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD INTAKE; GROUP SIZE; PRIMATE; RAINFALL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME ALLOCATION;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ATELES SP.;

EID: 33747628055     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0212-2     Document Type: Article

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