Fissioning minimizes ranging costs in spider monkeys: A multiple-level approach

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 649-659

  Asensio, Norberto ^a   Korstjens, Amanda H ^b   Aureli, Filippo ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feeding competition; Fission fusion; Ranging costs; Spider monkeys

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROUP SIZE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PRIMATE; RANGE SIZE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL TIME;

ATELES SP.;

EID: 61349086015     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0699-9     Document Type: Article

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