Figs Are More Than Fallback Foods: The Relationship between Ficus and Cebus in a Tropical Dry Forest

In many studies on primate feeding ecology, figs (Ficus spp.) are characterized as fallback foods, utilized only when preferred sources of food are unavailable. However, for white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capucinus) living in northwestern Costa Rica, figs are a consistently important resource a...

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Main Authors: Nigel A. Parr, Amanda D. Melin, Linda Marie Fedigan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:International Journal of Zoology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/967274
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