Body size in predator-prey interactions: An investigation of Neotropical primates and their predators

Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-87

  Aparecido Libório, Rogério ^a   Moura Martins, Milene ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTO AMARO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

body mass; Brazil; New World; Platyrrhini; predation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877284212     PISSN: 01650521     EISSN: 17445140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650521.2013.789724     Document Type: Article

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