Leaving home: Responses to water depletion by vervet monkeys

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 924-927

  McDougall, P ^a,b   Forshaw, N ^a,b   Barrett, L ^a,b   Henzi, S P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Competition; Drought; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DROUGHT STRESS; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; PRIMATE; SEMIARID REGION; TERRITORIALITY; TOLERANCE;

KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA;

CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS;

EID: 77953139237     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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