Mating and feeding competition in white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus): The importance of short- and long-term strategies

Behaviour

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1473-1495

  Crofoot, Margaret C ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Between group contest competition; Intergroup competition

Indexed keywords

CEBIDAE; CEBUS CAPUCINUS;

EID: 36049021522     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853907782512119     Document Type: Conference Paper

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