Comparing capuchins and coatis: Causes and consequences of differing movement ecology in two sympatric mammals

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 331-338

  Hirsch, Ben T ^a,b   Tujague, Maria P ^c,d,e   Di Blanco, Yamil E ^d,e   Di Bitetti, Mario S ^d,e   Janson, Charles H ^f  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGÍA SUBTROPICAL   (Argentina)

^e Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlantico Puerto Iguazu   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal movement; Capuchin; Cebus apella nigritus; Coati; Foraging; Nasua nasua; Straightness index; Trapline; Travel behaviour; Travel cost

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST CANOPY; MAMMAL; MOVEMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMPATRY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; CEBUS APELLA NIGRITUS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; NASUA; NASUA NASUA;

EID: 84880704237     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.05.023     Document Type: Article

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