Deadwood Structural Properties May Influence Aye-Aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) Extractive Foraging Behavior

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 281-295

  Thompson, Katharine E T ^a   Bankoff, Richard J ^a   Louis, Edward E ^b   Perry, George H ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Henry Doorly Zoo   (United States)

Author keywords

Food resource limitation; Home range; Percussive foraging; Structurally defended food resources

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOME RANGE; LARVA; PRIMATE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WOOD;

MADAGASCAR;

CANARIUM; DAUBENTONIA MADAGASCARIENSIS; DAUBENTONIIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 84962862639     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-016-9901-5     Document Type: Article

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