Spatial foraging in free ranging bearded sakis: Traveling salesmen or Lévy walkers?

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 472-484

  Shaffer, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Patch use; Pitheciines; Random walk

Indexed keywords

PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; GUYANA; LOCOMOTION; PITHECIIDAE; PSYCHOLOGY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; GUYANA; LOCOMOTION; PITHECIIDAE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84898840679     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22227     Document Type: Article

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