Cheek pouch use, predation risk, and feeding competition in blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 334-341

  Smith, Lindsey W ^a,b,e   Link, Andres ^b,c   Cords, Marina ^b,d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CONSORTIUM IN EVOLUTIONARY PRIMATOLOGY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cercopithecidae; Foraging strategies; Kenya; Nearest neighbor dominance score; Predator avoidance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECUS MITIS STUHLMANNI; CHEEK POUCH; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PREDATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CERCOPITHECUS; CHEEK; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 55849124697     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20879     Document Type: Article

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