Geophagy in brown spider monkeys (Ateles hybridus) in a lowland tropical rainforest in Colombia

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-32

  Link, Andres ^a,b,e   De Luna, Ana Gabriela ^a,d   Arango, Ricardo ^a,c   Diaz, Maria Clara ^a,c  

^a Fundación Proyecto Primates   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE CALDAS   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ateles hybridus; Camera traps; Mineral lick; Soil consumption; Spider monkeys

Indexed keywords

MINERAL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATELIDAE; COLOMBIA; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL;

ANIMALS; ATELINAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLOMBIA; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MINERALS; SOIL;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA SENICULUS; ATELES BELZEBUTH; ATELES BELZEBUTH CHAMEK; ATELES BELZEBUTH HYBRIDUS; ATELES SP.; PRIMATES;

EID: 79953863866     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326056     Document Type: Article

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