Look before leaping: Foraging selectivity of capuchin monkeys on acacia trees in Costa Rica

Oecologia

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-92

  Young, Hilary ^a   Fedigan, Linda M ^a   Addicott, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acacia collinsii; Ants; Cebus capucinus; Mutualism; Pseudomyrmex

Indexed keywords

ANT; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD SELECTION; LEGUME; MUTUALISM; PLANT DEFENSE; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED DISPERSAL;

ACACIA; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE;

ACACIA; ANIMALS; ANTS; CEBUS; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; TREES;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; GUANACASTE; SANTA ROSA NATIONAL PARK;

ACACIA; ACACIA COLLINSII; ANIMALIA; CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS CAPUCINUS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; PSEUDOMYRMEX;

EID: 38649093361     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0883-z     Document Type: Article

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