Feeding encounters between a group of howler monkeys and white-nosed coatis in a small forest fragment in Los Tuxtlas, Mexico

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 253-255

  Asensio, Norberto ^a,c   Arroyo Rodríguez, Víctor ^b   Cristóbal Azkarate, Jurgi ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c Centre Especial de Recerca en Quimica Teorica   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alouatta palliata mexicana; Feeding; Ficus; Fragment; Nasua narica

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; FEEDING; FOREST; FRAGMENTATION; PRIMATE;

LOS TUXTLAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VERACRUZ;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA PALLIATA MEXICANA; NASUA NARICA;

EID: 33847678976     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467406003865     Document Type: Article

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