Feeding Ecology of Northern Bearded Sakis (Chiropotes sagulatus) in Guyana

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 568-580

  Shaffer, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fallback foods; Pitheciini; Seed predator

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; DENTITION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD PREFERENCE; PRIMATE; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SEED PREDATION; SPECIALIZATION; SYMPATRY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; GUYANA; PHYSIOLOGY; PITHECIIDAE; PLANT SEED; SEASON; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; GUYANA; PITHECIIDAE; SEASONS; SEEDS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

GUYANA;

CHIROPOTES; HEXAPODA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84876346392     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22134     Document Type: Article

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