Variation in dietary breadth among groups of black howler monkeys is not associated with the vegetation attributes of forest fragments

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1151-1162

  Dias, Pedro Américo D ^a   Rangel Negrín, Ariadna ^a   Coyohua Fuentes, Alejandro ^a   Canales Espinosa, Domingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alouatta; Diet; Folivory; Forest fragment size; Habitat disturbance; Mexico

Indexed keywords

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA CARAYA;

ALOUATTA; ANIMAL; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOREST; MEXICO; PSYCHOLOGY; TREE;

ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORESTS; MEXICO; TREES;

EID: 84911403838     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22300     Document Type: Article

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