Variability in core areas of spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) in a tropical dry forest in Costa Rica

Primates

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-156

  Asensio, Norberto ^a   Schaffner, Colleen M ^b,c   Aureli, Filippo ^c,d  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^d LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area fidelity; Home range; Seasonality; Subgroup size

Indexed keywords

DRY FOREST; GROUP SIZE; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; PRIMATE; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATELIDAE; COSTA RICA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; ATELINAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COSTA RICA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; TIME FACTORS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

COSTA RICA;

ANIMALIA; ATELES GEOFFROYI; ATELES SP.;

EID: 84859612696     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-011-0288-9     Document Type: Article

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