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Do Fruit Nutrients Affect Subgrouping Patterns in Wild Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)? [PDF]

open access: green, 2016
One of the main costs of group living is feeding competition. Fission–fusion dynamics are thought to be a strategy to avoid overt competition for food resources.
A Fiore Di   +85 more
core   +3 more sources

The sugar composition of fruits in the diet of spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) in tropical humid forest in Costa Rica [PDF]

open access: bronze, 2003
Spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) detect sucrose at a threshold lower than any primate yet tested and prefer sucrose to glucose or fructose in laboratory tests.
Lucas, PW, Riba-Hernandez, P, Stoner, KE
core   +3 more sources

Thermal Infrared Imaging from Drones Offers a Major Advance for Spider Monkey Surveys

open access: yesDrones, 2019
Accurate and precise population estimates form the basis of conservation action but are lacking for many arboreal species due to the high costs and difficulty in surveying these species.
Denise Spaan   +8 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Selectivity in feeding preferences and ranging patterns in spider monkeys Ateles geoffroyi yucatanensis of northeastern Yucatan peninsula, Mexico

open access: greenCurrent Zoology, 2013
The spider monkey, a fruit specialist and important seed dispersal agent in the Neotropics, is an endangered primate due to habitat loss, hunting and the pet trade.
Carmen SCHERBAUM, Alejandro ESTRADA
doaj   +3 more sources

Resistance to antibiotics of clinical relevance in the fecal microbiota of Mexican wildlife. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
There are a growing number of reports of antibiotic resistance (ATBR) in bacteria living in wildlife. This is a cause for concern as ATBR in wildlife represents a potential public health threat.
Jurgi Cristóbal-Azkarate   +3 more
doaj   +6 more sources

River crossings by Ateles geoffroyi and Alouatta pigra in southern Mexico: A preliminary report Habilidad para cruzar ríos en Ateles geoffroyi y Alouatta pigra en el sur de México: Un reporte preliminar

open access: greenRevista Chilena de Historia Natural, 2010
During a nine month field study, we assess the ability of spider (Ateles geoffroyi) and howler (Alouatta pigra) monkeys to cross a large Mesoamerican river, and if this behavior is related to deforestation and/or human population size on the disturbed ...
ÓSCAR M CHAVES, KATHRYN E STONER
doaj   +1 more source

Chemical recognition of fruit ripeness in spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi). [PDF]

open access: goldSci Rep, 2015
Nevo O   +6 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

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