Behavioral and physiological responses to subgroup size and number of people in howler monkeys inhabiting a forest fragment used for nature-based tourism

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1108-1116

  Aguilar Melo, Adriana R ^a,b   Andresen, Ellen ^b   Cristóbal Azkarate, Jurgi ^c   Arroyo Rodríguez, Victor ^b   Chavira, Roberto ^d   Schondube, Jorge ^b   Serio Silva, Juan Carlos ^e   Cuarón, Alfredo D ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Investigatión Clínka Instituto   (Mexico)

^e INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^f SACBÉ Servicios Ambientales   (Mexico)

^g NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Forest fragmentation; Primate conservation; Stress; Tourism; Zoo

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FEEDING; GROUP SIZE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NATURE RESERVE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT; PRIMATE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TOURISM;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA PALLIATA; ALOUATTA PALLIATA MEXICANA; ANIMALIA; HAPLORHINI; PRIMATES;

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ALOUATTA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FECES; FEMALE; FOREST FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE CONSERVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STRESS; TOURISM; TRAVEL; TREE; ZOO;

CORTISOL; FOREST FRAGMENTATION; PRIMATE CONSERVATION; STRESS; TOURISM; ZOO;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEXICO; POPULATION DENSITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRAVEL; TREES;

EID: 84885188129     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22172     Document Type: Article

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