Influence of climatic variables, forest type, and condition on activity patterns of geoffroyi's spider monkeys throughout Mesoamerica

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1189-1198

  González Zamora, Arturo ^a   Arroyo Rodríguez, Víctor ^b   Chaves, Oscar M ^b   Sánchez López, Sónia ^c   Aureli, Filippo ^d,e   Stoner, Kathryn E ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Activity patterns; Ateles geoffroyi; Climate change; Fragmentation; Rainfall; Seasonality; Temperature

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEFORESTATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PRIMATE; RAINFALL; SEASONALITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ATELIDAE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; META ANALYSIS; MEXICO; PERIODICITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ANIMALS; ATELINAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; MEXICO; RAIN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

COSTA RICA; EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA]; MESOAMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

ATELES GEOFFROYI; ATELES SP.;

EID: 80054880911     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20989     Document Type: Review

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