Species co-occurrence patterns and dietary resource competition in primates

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 131-139

  Kamilar, Jason M ^a   Ledogar, Justin A ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

assembly rules; community ecology; guild structure; null model analysis; species distribution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL COMMUNITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FOLIVORE; FRUGIVORE; INSECTIVORE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE;

ANIMALS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PRIMATES;

EID: 78650450746     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21380     Document Type: Article

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