A Field Study of the Behavior and Social Relations of Howling MonkeysAMS Press, 1985 - 168 pages |
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Page 53
... HOWLERS FOR PRIMARY FORESTS . Groups of howlers are also restricted to their indigenous areas because of situations at the borders of their territories which they tend to avoid . Howlers tend to avoid scrub forest of low altitude . When ...
... HOWLERS FOR PRIMARY FORESTS . Groups of howlers are also restricted to their indigenous areas because of situations at the borders of their territories which they tend to avoid . Howlers tend to avoid scrub forest of low altitude . When ...
Page 123
... howlers . Pumas are rarely seen by man , but the two which I have seen were not behaving with reference to howler clans in any way . Since pumas are terrestial in the main and probably find an abundance of food , especially small ...
... howlers . Pumas are rarely seen by man , but the two which I have seen were not behaving with reference to howler clans in any way . Since pumas are terrestial in the main and probably find an abundance of food , especially small ...
Page 124
... howlers . For twenty minutes the animals of these two species fed and played on the same trees , but so far as I could observe , they never reacted with reference to each other . Howlers do not repulse capuchins , but just as certainly ...
... howlers . For twenty minutes the animals of these two species fed and played on the same trees , but so far as I could observe , they never reacted with reference to each other . Howlers do not repulse capuchins , but just as certainly ...
Contents
Review of literature on the natural history of howling monkeys | 12 |
Field procedures and reactions of howlers to an observer | 21 |
Territoriality and nomadism | 43 |
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adult females adult males aequatorialis Alouattinae apparently approached arboreal Azara Barro Colorado Island become behave brachiating capuchin monkeys capuchins Caraya census cent clan males close Coiba Island complemental males consorts coöperative coördination copulation Coto region defensive described eaten fallen young feeding feet females and young frequently fruit function Gatun Lake groups of howlers howler clans Howler females howler groups howler population howling monkeys individuals juvenile juvenile animals leaves limb located locomotion lodge tree months mother move observed occur ocelot oestrous female oestrous period palliata Panama Paraguay period of coverage period of intromission PLATE platyrrhine play play-fighting positions postures primary forest primary sexual activity primates Puerto Armuelles react reactions Rengger responses rhythmic tongue movements roars seconds sexual behavior Shannon situations social relations socionomic specific spider monkeys stimulation subgrouping tail tendency territorial range tion vocal patterns vocalizations yards young animals young howlers