Wood Consumption by Geoffroyi’s Spider Monkeys and Its Role in Mineral Supplementation

Wood consumption is a rare behavior in frugivorous primates; however, it can be necessary for nutritional balancing as it may provide macro and/or micronutrients that are scarce in the most frequently eaten items (fruits). We tested this hypothesis in six spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) communities...

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Autores principales: Chaves, Oscar M., Stoner, Kathryn E., Ángeles-Campos, Sergio, Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3182180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21969868
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025070

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3182180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21969868
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025070

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