Movement and resource use by a group of Alouatta pigra in a forest fragment in Balancán, México

Primates

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 102-107

  Pozo Montuy, Gilberto ^a,b   Serio Silva, Juan Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ AUTÓNOMA DE TABASCO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Black howler monkey; Feeding behavior; Locomotion; Terrestriality; Water intake from tree holes

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MOVEMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIMATE; RESOURCE USE;

ALOUATTA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LOCOMOTION; MEXICO; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; TREE;

ALOUATTA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LOCOMOTION; MEXICO; OBSERVATION; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TABASCO;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA CARAYA; ALOUATTA PIGRA; CANIS LATRANS;

EID: 33947282768     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-006-0026-x     Document Type: Article

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