The Foraging Strategy of Howler Monkeys

ISBN: 0231048505

Author: Milton, Katharine

Condition: New

Pp. xiv, (2), 165; 21 text-figures (line-drawings). Publisher s original light gray cloth, lettered in black on the spine, gray pictorial dust jacket, lettered in black on the spine and front cover, 8vo. Based on 14 months of fieldwork on Barro Colorado Island, Milton describes the foraging strategy of one highly successful primate primary consumer the mantled howler monkey, Alouatta palliata and explains how it has overcome many problems inherent in a plant-based diet. No ownership marks and no signs of use.