Effects of local habitat variation on the behavioral ecology of two sympatric groups of brown howler monkey (Alouatta clamitans)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Jung, Linda ^a   Mourthe, Italo ^b   Grelle, Carlos E V ^c   Strier, Karen B ^d   Boubli, Jean P ^e  

^a Thuringian State Institute of Agriculture ^*  (Germany)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA CLAMITANS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DIET; ECOLOGY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEEDING; FLOWER; FOREST; FRUIT; HABITAT; HABITAT VARIATION; HOME RANGE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PREDICTION; REST; SYMPATRY; TIME; TRAVEL; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEASON;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA GUARIBA; PRIMATES;

ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DIET; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; SYMPATRY;

EID: 84940055439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129789     Document Type: Article

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