Which is the appropriate scale to assess the impact of landscape spatial configuration on the diet and behavior of spider monkeys?

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 56-65

  Ordóñez Gómez, José D ^a   Arroyo Rodríguez, Víctor ^b   Nicasio Arzeta, Sergio ^a   Cristóbal Azkarate, Jurgi ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Landscape approach; Landscape heterogeneity; Landscape structure; Scale dependency

Indexed keywords

ATELES GEOFFROYI; ATELES SP.;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ATELINAE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOREST; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ATELINAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORESTS; MEXICO;

EID: 84919629359     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22310     Document Type: Article

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