Patch depletion behavior differs between sympatric folivorous primates

Primates

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-64

  Tombak, Kaia J ^a   Reid, Andrea J ^a   Chapman, Colin A ^b,c   Rothman, Jessica M ^d,e,f   Johnson, Caley A ^d,e,f   Reyna Hurtado, Rafael ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f NEW YORK CONSORTIUM IN EVOLUTIONARY PRIMATOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black and white colobus; Colobus guereza; Folivore paradox; Group size; Kibale National Park

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOBINAE; FEMALE; HERBIVORY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; COLOBINAE; FEMALE; HERBIVORY; MALE; PLANT LEAVES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UGANDA;

KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; UGANDA;

ANIMALIA; COLOBINAE; COLOBUS; COLOBUS GUEREZA; PRIMATES; PROCOLOBUS BADIUS; PROCOLOBUS RUFOMITRATUS;

EID: 84855515718     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-011-0274-2     Document Type: Article

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