Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi yucatenensis) Cope with the Negative Consequences of Hurricanes Through Changes in Diet, Activity Budget, and Fission-Fusion Dynamics

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 922-936

  Schaffner, Colleen M ^a,b   Rebecchini, Luisa ^a   Ramos Fernandez, Gabriel ^c   Vick, Laura G ^d   Aureli, Filippo ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^d Public Administration and Criminal Justice   (United States)

^e LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ateles; Competition reduction; Diet changes; Environmental change

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FRUIT; HURRICANE; PRIMATE; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

YUCATAN PENINSULA;

ANIMALIA; ATELES; ATELES GEOFFROYI; ATELES GEOFFROYI YUCATANENSIS; ATELES SP.; HAPLORHINI;

EID: 84864382324     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-012-9621-4     Document Type: Article

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