Life and dinner under the shared Umbrella: Patterns in felid and primate communities

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 83, Issue 3-6, 2012, Pages 148-170

  Burnham, Dawn ^a   Hinks, Amy E ^a   MacDonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Guilds; Predator; Prey; Range; Spatial overlap; Umbrella

Indexed keywords

FELIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 84873391960     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000342400     Document Type: Review

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