Time as a constraint on group size in spider monkeys

An animal can only survive in a given habitat if it has enough time to find, process and digest food whilst avoiding predation. The time it has for food acquisition is affected by the vegetation and competition with conspecifics, which depends on aggregation tendencies. We used the relationships bet...

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Main Authors: Korstjens, A, Verhoeckx, I, Dunbar, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2006