Living in forest fragments reduces group cohesion in diademed sifakas (Propithecus diadema) in eastern Madagascar by reducing food patch size

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 434-447

  Irwin, Mitchell T ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest fragmentation; Group cohesion; Habitat disturbance; Mistletoe; Patch size

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; COHESION; DIETARY SHIFT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PATCH SIZE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMATE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; SEASON; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; OBSERVATION; SEASONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STREPSIRHINI; TREES;

ANTANANARIVO [MADAGASCAR]; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; TSINJOARIVO;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES; PROPITHECUS; PROPITHECUS DIADEMA; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 34047116896     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20360     Document Type: Article

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