Activity patterns, home range size, and intergroup encounters in Cebus albifrons support existing models of capuchin socioecology

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 709-728

  Matthews, Luke J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity budget; Cebus; Predation; Ranging; Socioecology

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENCOUNTER RATE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; GROUP SIZE; LOCAL ADAPTATION; PREDATION; PRIMATE; RANGE SIZE; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS ALBIFRONS; CEBUS APELLA; CEBUS CAPUCINUS; CEBUS LIBIDINOSUS; CEBUS XANTHOSTERNOS;

EID: 76049116461     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-009-9370-1     Document Type: Article

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