Color Vision Variation and Foraging Behavior in Wild Neotropical Titi Monkeys (Callicebus brunneus): Possible Mediating Roles for Spatial Memory and Reproductive Status

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1058-1075

  Bunce, John A ^a   Isbell, Lynne A ^a   Grote, Mark N ^a   Jacobs, Gerald H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging; Lactation; Primates; Spatial memory; Trichromacy

Indexed keywords

COLOR; ENCOUNTER RATE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LACTATION; MEMORY; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; PATCH DYNAMICS; POLYMORPHISM; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SPATIAL VARIATION; WILD POPULATION;

CALLICEBUS; CALLICEBUS BRUNNEUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 80053571101     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-011-9522-y     Document Type: Article

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