Use of leaf resources by howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata) and leaf‐cutting ants (Atta cephalotes) in the tropical rain forest of Los Tuxtlas, Mexico

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 51-66

  Estrada, Alejandro ^a   Coates‐Estrada, Rosamond ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alouatta; Atta; herbivores; Mexico; neotropical primates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990113679     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.1350100106     Document Type: Article

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