Towing the party line: Territoriality, risky boundaries and male group size in spider monkey fission-fusion societies

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 271-281

  Wallace, Robert B ^a,b  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Ateles; Home range perimeters; Home range size; Population density; Risky boundaries; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; HOME RANGE; MALE BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; RANGE SIZE; SEX RATIO; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATELIDAE; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALS; ATELINAE; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; TERRITORIALITY;

BOLIVIA; LAGO CAIMAN; SANTA CRUZ [BOLIVIA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

ATELES; ATELES BELZEBUTH CHAMEK; ATELES SP.; CAIMAN; PAN; PRIMATES;

EID: 52449093898     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20484     Document Type: Article

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