Increasing Group Size Alters Behavior of a Folivorous Primate

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 590-608

  Gogarten, Jan F ^a,b,c   Bonnell, Tyler R ^a   Brown, Leone M ^d   Campenni, Marco ^c   Wasserman, Michael D ^a,e   Chapman, Colin A ^f,g  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ST EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral plasticity; Dietary diversity; Fertility; Procolobus rufomitratus; Red colobus; Scramble competition; Sociality

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; DIET; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FERTILITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROUP SIZE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; UGANDA;

ANIMALIA; COLOBINAE; COLOBUS SP.; HAPLORHINI; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; PROCOLOBUS BADIUS; PROCOLOBUS RUFOMITRATUS;

EID: 84897571689     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-014-9770-8     Document Type: Article

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