Predation and predation attempts on red titi monkeys (Callicebus discolor) and equatorial sakis (Pithecia aequatorialis) in Amazonian Ecuador

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 86-95

  De Luna, Ana Gabriela ^a   Sanmiguel, Ramiro ^a   Di Fiore, Anthony ^a   Fernandez Duque, Eduardo ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Centro de Ecologia Aplicada del Littoral   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Antipredator behaviour; Callicebus discolor; Harpia harpyja; Pithecia aequatorialis; Predation

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EAGLE; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; PITHECIIDAE; PREDATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; EAGLES; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; ESCAPE REACTION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; PITHECIIDAE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CALLICEBUS; CALLICEBUS CUPREUS; CALLICEBUS DISCOLOR; EIRA BARBARA; HARPIA HARPYJA; PITHECIA AEQUATORIALIS; PITHECIIDAE; PRIMATES; RAPTORES;

EID: 77954560690     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000314948     Document Type: Article

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