Prey foraging of red titi monkeys, Callicebus cupreus, in comparison to sympatric tamarins, Saguinus mystax and Saguinus fuscicollis

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-63

  Nadjafzadeh, Mirjam N ^a,b,c   Heymann, Eckhard W ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competition; Diet; Niche differentiation; Prey capture strategies

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; CALLICEBUS; CALLICEBUS CUPREUS; COMPETITOR SPECIES; FORAGING; FOREST; HABITAT SELECTION; HYMENOPTERA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PERU; PREY; PREY SELECTION; PRIMATE; SAGUINUS FUSCICOLLIS; SAGUINUS MYSTAX; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMPATRY;

EID: 37349081298     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20704     Document Type: Article

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