Ecological Correlates of Ranging Behavior in Bearded Sakis (Chiropotes sagulatus) in a Continuous Forest in Guyana

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 515-532

  Shaffer, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Daily path; Home range; Pitheciines

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; GROUP SIZE; PATCH SIZE; PRIMATE; RANGE SIZE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

GUYANA;

CHIROPOTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 84878206848     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-013-9682-z     Document Type: Article

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