Re-evaluating the ecological constraints model with red colobus monkeys (Procolobus rufomitratus tephrosceles)

Behaviour

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 493-529

  Isbell, Lynne A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Daily travel distance; Feeding behavior; Folivores; Kibale national park; Primates; Ranging behavior; Uganda

Indexed keywords

COLOBINAE; COLOBUS SP.; HAPLORHINI; PRIMATES; PROCOLOBUS BADIUS; PROCOLOBUS RUFOMITRATUS;

EID: 84866671892     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853912X641748     Document Type: Article

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