Food competition in a semi-free-ranging Cebus apella group

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 463-475

  Ferreira, Renata G ^a,d   Lee, Phyllis C ^b   Izar, Patrícia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Activity budgets; Brown capuchins; Competition; Dominance; Social proximity; Socio ecological models

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CEBIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CEBUS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; OBSERVATION; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

CEBIDAE; CEBUS APELLA; PRIMATES;

EID: 52549113667     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000158525     Document Type: Article

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