Preliminary observations on habitat, support use and diet in two non-native primates in an urban Atlantic forest fragment: The capuchin monkey (Cebus sp.) and the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) in the Tijuca forest, Rio de Janeiro

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 351-359

  Cunha, André A ^a   Vieira, Marcus V ^a   Grelle, Carlos E V ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anti predation behaviour; Atlantic forest; Diet; Ecological niche; Exotic species; Locomotion; Mammals; Neotropical primates; Vertical stratification

Indexed keywords

ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS; ARTOCARPUS HETEROPHYLLUS; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS SP.; MAMMALIA; MARMOSETS; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33750993750     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-006-0005-4     Document Type: Article

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