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Title
Chapter Title: Habitat Use
Book Title: The International Encyclopedia of Primatology
Author(s)
Chapman, Colin A.; Valenta, Kim
Published
2017
Published Version DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119179313.wbprim0308
Abstract
Primates are found in all sorts of habitats, from temperate zones, to deserts, to mountains, to lowland forests. Primate distribution is driven by two main factors. First, resources (food, shelter, mates) are unevenly distributed in the environment, and some areas contain higher resource densities than others and thus are selected. Second, primates need to take into account the number of competitors for these resources, both primate competitors and other species.
Keywords
ecology;habitat;primate
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