Seasonal Differences in Activity Patterns of Geoffroyís Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) Living in Continuous and Fragmented Forests in Southern Mexico

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 960-973

  Chaves, Óscar M ^a   Stoner, Kathryn E ^a   Arroyo Rodríguez, Víctor ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Activity budget; Ateles geoffroyi; Behavioral flexibility; Diet; Habitat fragmentation; Lacandona

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DIET; FITNESS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PRIMATE; RAINFOREST; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CHIAPAS; LACANDONA FOREST; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

ATELES GEOFFROYI; ATELES SP.; HAPLORHINI; PRIMATES;

EID: 79960444746     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-011-9515-x     Document Type: Article

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