Evaluación preliminar del efecto de la fragmentación sobre la demografìa y el uso del hábitat del mono aullador negro Alouatta palliata en el área de Puyango, provincia de El Oro [PDF]
In Ecuador, the interest in studying howler monkey populations has increased in past years. The mantled howler monkey Alouatta palliata aequatorialis is considered to be “Endangered” in Ecuador.
Rubio Maldonado, Alejandro José
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Effect of polymorphic colour vision for fruit detection in the spider monkey Ateles geoffroyi, and its implications for the maintenance of polymorphic colour vision in platyrrhine monkeys [PDF]
Most platyrrhine monkeys have an X-linked tri-allelic polymorphism for medium and long wavelength (M/L) sensitive cone photopigments. These pigments' sensitivity maxima (λmax) range from 535 to 562 nm.
Osorio, Daniel +2 more
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Dung beetles are among the most important insects in the Neotropics. Some species use a wide range of food sources, whereas other species are highly specialized.
Jorge Ari Noriega
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Color vision diversity and significance in primates inferred from genetic and field studies [PDF]
Color provides a reliable cue for object detection and identification during various behaviors such as foraging, mate choice, predator avoidance and navigation.
Shoji Kawamura
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Detection of fruit and the selection of primate visual pigments for color vision [PDF]
Primates have X chromosome genes for cone photopigments with sensitivity maxima from 535 to 562 nm. Old World monkeys and apes (catarrhines) and the New World (platyrrhine) genus Alouatta have separate genes for 535-nm (medium wavelength; M) and 562-nm ...
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Consideraciones sobre restos de primates de un yacimiento arqueológico del Oriente de Venezuela (América del Sur): Bueva del Guácharo, estdo Monagas [PDF]
Es poco lo que se conoce sobre monos del Nuevo Mundo en depóstitos arqueológiocos. En el sitio Cueva del Guácharo, excavado por la Sociedad Venezolana de Espeleología en 1972 se hallaron restos de primates.
Bernardo Urbani, Edgar Gil
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Dispersal in male ursine colobus monkeys (Colobus vellerosus): Influence of age, rank and contact with other groups on dispersal decisions [PDF]
Dispersal is male-biased in ursine colobus monkeys (Colobus vellerosus), although female dispersal also occurs (Teichroeb et al., 2009). Here we describe the process of male dispersal and its connection with between-group encounters (BGEs, N = 444) and ...
Sicotte, P, Teichroeb, JA, Wikberg, EC
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El presente trabajo contiene información relacionada a la caza, la abundancia y el impacto de la caza de los mamíferos que habitan los bosques inundables aledaños a dos comunidades asentadas en el interior de la Reserva Nacional Pacaya Samiria.
Rolando Aquino, Arsenio Calle
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Patrones de actividad y comportamiento social de Cebus Albifrons Versicolor en un fragmento de bosque en el Magdalena Medio [PDF]
Los monos cariblancos (Cebus albifrons versicolor) son endémicos de Colombia con una distribución restringida a bosques de los valles Interandinos. Al igual que las demás especies del género Cebus, estos primates tienen una organización social jerárquica
Parra Barreto, Ingrid Giseth
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