Implications of habitat fragmentation on the diet of bearded saki monkeys in central Amazonian forest

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 959-976

  Boyle, Sarah A ^a,b,c   Zartman, Charles E ^b   Spironello, Wilson R ^b   Smith, Andrew T ^c  

^a RHODES COLLEGE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Chiropotes; forest fragment; frugivore; primate; seed predator

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FRUGIVORY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIMATE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEED PREDATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

CHIROPOTES; CHIROPOTES CHIROPOTES; HAPLORHINI; PITHECIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84866614781     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/11-MAMM-A-286.1     Document Type: Article

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