The influence of feeding patch size and relative fruit density on the foraging behavior of the black spider monkey ateles chamek

Biotropica

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 501-506

  Wallace, Robert B ^a,b  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Fission fusion; Frugivory; Patchiness

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; GROUP SIZE; PATCH SIZE; PATCHINESS; PRIMATE;

ATELES BELZEBUTH CHAMEK; ATELES PANISCUS; ATELES SP.; PRIMATES;

EID: 61349117993     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00392.x     Document Type: Article

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