Wood consumption by geoffroyi's spider monkeys and its role in mineral supplementation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Chaves, Oscar M ^a,b   Stoner, Kathryn E ^b,c   Ángeles Campos, Sergio ^d   Arroyo Rodríguez, Víctor ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

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

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; SODIUM; MINERAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRYSOBALANACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FICUS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOREST; FRUIT; LICANIA PLATYPUS; MALE; MINERAL INTAKE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; SPIDER MONKEY; WOOD CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ATELIDAE; MEXICO; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; WOOD;

ATELES GEOFFROYI; ATELES SP.; CHRYSOBALANACEAE; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); LICANIA PLATYPUS; MORACEAE; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ATELINAE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MEXICO; MINERALS; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; WOOD;

EID: 80053262161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025070     Document Type: Article

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