After the fire: Benefits of reduced ground cover for vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 252-260

  Jaffe, Karin Enstam ^a,b   Isbell, Lynne A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

El Ni o; GIS; Habitat use; Kenya; Predator avoidance

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EL NINO; EYE; GIS; GRASS; GROUND COVER; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; PREDATION RISK; PRIMATE; REFUGE; TRAVEL TIME; VISIBILITY; WILDFIRE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECUS; EATING; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FIRE; FOOD; KENYA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; POPULATION MIGRATION; VISION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; EATING; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FIRES; FOOD; KENYA; MALE; POACEAE; VISION, OCULAR;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ACACIA; ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; FORMICIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 63049136545     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20644     Document Type: Article

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