Within-group spatial position in ring-tailed coatis: Balancing predation, feeding competition, and social competition

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 391-399

  Hirsch, Ben T ^a,b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Coati; Dominance; Feeding competition; Nasua; Predation; Social foraging; Spatial position

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE CLASS; AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; BODY SIZE; CARNIVORE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROUP BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; JUVENILE; MAMMAL; PREDATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARGENTINA; IGUACU FALLS;

ANIMALIA; NASUA; NASUA NASUA;

EID: 78651307134     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1056-3     Document Type: Article

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