First evidence for relocation of stationary food resources during foraging in a strepsirhine primate (Microcebus murinus)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1045-1052

  Joly, Marine ^a   Zimmermann, Elke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Foraging behavior; Gummivory; Microcebus murinus; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

FEEDING GROUND; FIELD METHOD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; PRIMATE; RELOCATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN;

ANIMALS; CHEIROGALEIDAE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES;

ANIMALIA; HEMIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LEMURIDAE; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34548653485     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20418     Document Type: Article

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