Spatial Distribution and Exploitation of Trees Gouged by Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-85

  Thompson, Cynthia L ^a   Robl, Nicholas J ^a,b   de Oliveira Melo, Leonardo César ^c   Valença Montenegro, Mônica M ^d   Maranhão Valle, Yumma Bernardo ^e   de Oliveira, Maria Adélia Borstelmann ^e   Vinyard, Christopher J ^a  

^a Northeast Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Praa Farias Neves S/n   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO CHICO MENDES DE CONSERVAÇÃO DA BIODIVERSIDADE   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Callitrichids; Exudativory; GIS; Intergroup competition; Renewable resources; Resource distribution

Indexed keywords

BARK; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EXPLOITATION; EXUDATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GIS; HOME RANGE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF; PRIMATE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CALLITHRIX; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; CALLITRICHIDAE; HEXAPODA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84872851304     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-012-9647-7     Document Type: Article

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