Differences in diet and activity pattern between two groups of Alouatta palliate Associated with the availability of big trees and fruit of top food taxa

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 654-662

  Dunn, Jacob C ^a   Cristóbal Azkarate, Jurgi ^b   Veá, JoaquíM J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Activity pattern; Big trees; Feeding behavior; Forest fragmentation; Fruit biomass; Mantled howler monkeys; Ranging behavior

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PERSISTENCE; PRIMATE; TREE;

ALOUATTA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; MEXICO; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; MEXICO; TREES;

LOS TUXTLAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VERACRUZ;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA PALLIATA; ALOUATTA PALLIATA MEXICANA;

EID: 67849126849     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20700     Document Type: Article

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