Sleeping Site Selection by Urban Marmosets (Callithrix penicillata) Under Conditions of Exceptionally High Predator Density

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 329-334

  Duarte, Marina H L ^a   Young, Robert J ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Callithrix; Domestic cats; Predation; Sleeping sites; Tree characteristics

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; FELID; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; PRIMATE; SITE SELECTION; SLEEP; SMALL MAMMAL;

BELO HORIZONTE; BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS;

AVES; CALLITHRIX; CALLITHRIX PENICILLATA; EUCALYPTUS; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; MARMOSETS;

EID: 79952242729     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-010-9468-5     Document Type: Article

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