Quantifying Primate Food Distribution and Abundance for Socioecological Studies: An Objective Consumer-centered Method

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 737-754

  Vogel, Erin Rebecca ^a   Janson, Charles H ^b  

^a THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cebus capucinus; Competition; Focal tree method; Lloyd's Index of Dispersion; Monkeys; Resource distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; CONTEST COMPETITION; DISPERSION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FRUIT; PATCHINESS; PRIMATE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SAMPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

COSTA RICA; GUANACASTE; LOMAS BARBUDAL BIOLOGICAL RESERVE;

ANIMALIA; CEBUS; CEBUS CAPUCINUS; HAPLORHINI; PRIMATES;

EID: 79955545066     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-011-9498-7     Document Type: Article

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