Insect Prey Foraging Strategies in Callicebus oenanthe in Northern Peru

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 450-461

  Deluycker, Anneke M ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Andean; Diet; Foraging; Habitat fragmentation; Pitheciidae; Prey capture

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CRYPSIS; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUGIVORY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HILL; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; PREY CAPTURE; PREY SIZE; PRIMATE; PROTEIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECONDARY FOREST; SHRUB; TREE; UNDERSTORY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; INSECT; MALE; PERU; PHYSIOLOGY; PITHECIIDAE; PREDATION; SEASON;

ANIMALS; DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTS; MALE; PERU; PITHECIIDAE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS;

ANDES; PERU;

ARTHROPODA; CALLICEBUS; CALLICEBUS OENANTHE; HEXAPODA; PITHECIIDAE;

EID: 84859924092     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22002     Document Type: Article

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