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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2011-01-01
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Series: | International Journal of Zoology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/967274 |
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