Seasonal variation in the length of the daily activity period in buffy-headed marmosets (Callithrix flaviceps): An important consideration for the analysis of foraging strategies in observational field studies of primates

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 385-392

  Ferrari, Stephen F ^a,b   Hilário, Renato R ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Behavioral analysis; Ecology; Foraging strategies; Marmosets; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DATA SET; DAY LENGTH; DRY SEASON; ECOLOGY; FIELD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

ANIMALIA; CALLITHRIX; CALLITHRIX FLAVICEPS; CALLITRICHIDAE; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; CALLITHRIX; CALLITRICHINAE; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING STRATEGIES; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBSERVATION; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; FORAGING STRATEGIES; MARMOSETS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CALLITHRIX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBSERVATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEASONS;

EID: 84895921472     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22242     Document Type: Article

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