Ecological risk aversion and foraging behaviors of juvenile squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)

Ethology

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 782-792

  Stone, Anita I ^a  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; JUVENILE; PREDATION RISK; PRIMATE; STARVATION;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CEBIDAE; PRIMATES; SAIMIRI; SAIMIRI SCIUREUS;

EID: 34447542630     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01377.x     Document Type: Article

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