Foraging habits of Alouatta palliata mexicana in three forest fragments

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 141-153

  Asensio, Norberto ^a,b   Cristobal Azkarate, Jurgi ^b   Dias, Pedro Américo D ^b   Vea, Joaquim J ^b   Rodríguez Luna, Ernesto ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Activity patterns; Alouatta palliata; Area size; Foraging strategies; Fragmentation; Howler monkey

Indexed keywords

ALOUATTA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLOWER; FRUIT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; TIME; TREE;

ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLOWERS; FRUIT; MALE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA PALLIATA; ALOUATTA PALLIATA MEXICANA; LIZA;

EID: 34247242294     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099136     Document Type: Article

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