Observations of daytime births in two groups of red-handed howlers (Alouatta belzebul) on an island in the Tucuruí Reservoir in eastern Brazilian Amazonia

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1075-1079

  Camargo, Carolina C ^a   Ferrari, Stephen F ^a,b  

^a MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alouatta belzebul; Amazonia; Behavior; Birth; Red handed howler

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FLY; ISLAND; LARVA; MORTALITY; PARENTAL CARE; PARTURITION; PRIMATE;

ALOUATTA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TIME;

ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA BELZEBUL;

EID: 34948907803     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20414     Document Type: Article

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