A literature review of the spider monkey, Ateles sp., with special focus on risk for extinction
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Summary
This literature review summarizes and clarifies taxonomy, geographic distribution, status, habitat and food choice, threats, social organization and reproduction of spider monkeys, genus Ateles, to asses why spider monkeys are vulnerable for extinction and discuss possible conservation actions.
- Type
- review
- Published
- 2008-08-19
- Cited by
- 9
- References
- 80
- OpenAlex
- https://openalex.org/W1962720261
- Semantic Scholar
- https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:83821757
Keywords
Rainforest, Endangered species, Spider, Ecology, Biology
References
- Habitat Partitioning Among Primates in Maracá Island, Roraima, Northern Brazilian Amazonia
- Phylogenetic Relationships of Spider Monkeys (Ateles) Based on Mitochondrial DNA Variation
- The changing ecology of tropical forests
- Fission-fusion social organization inAteles andPan
- Effective Solutions for Howler Conservation
- Positional Behavior of Black Spider Monkeys (Ateles paniscus) in French Guiana
- Primate populations in Northwestern Costa Rica: potential for recovery
- 2000 IUCN red list of threatened species
- Copulation in free‐ranging black‐handed spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)
- Seasonal variations in black‐faced black spider monkey (Ateles chamek) habitat use and ranging behavior in a southern Amazonian tropical forest
- Lévy walk patterns in the foraging movements of spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)
- Primate Seed Dispersal: The Fate of Dispersed Seeds1
- Predation of wild spider monkeys at La Macarena, Colombia
- Group size and stability: Why do gibbons and spider monkeys differ?
- Grooming behavior of spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) on barro colorado Island, Panama
- Variability in spider monkeys' vocalizations may provide basis for individual recognition
- Radiation and speciation of spider monkeys, genus Ateles, from the cytogenetic viewpoint
- Association patterns of spider monkeys: the influence of ecology and sex on social organization
- Diet and Travel Costs for Spider Monkeys in a Nonseasonal, Hyperdiverse Environment
- Contribution of genetic distances studies to the taxonomy ofAteles, particularlyAteles paniscus paniscus andAteles paniscus chamek
Cited by
- Sleep in the spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi): A semi‐restrictive, non‐invasive, polysomnographic study
- The Ecology of Trunk-To-Trunk Leaping in Saguinus fuscicollis: Implications for Understanding Locomotor Diversity in Callitrichines
- Influência da visitação humana no comportamento de quatro espécies de mamíferos do Zoológico Municipal de Curitiba, estado do Paraná
- Dietary ethanol ingestion by free-ranging spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)
- Parámetros hematológicos en monos araña de cabeza café (Ateles fusciceps) mantenidos en cautiverio en el centro de rescate Jambelí - Ecuador.
- Principal component analysis of electroencephalographic activity during sleep and wakefulness in the spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)
- Influence of environmental enrichment on the behavior of captive Ateles paniscus (Primates: Atelidae) in the Parque Zoobotânico Getúlio Vargas, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- A record of the variegated spider monkey (Ateles hybridus brunneus) in Selva de Florencia National Park, Colombia
- Patrones de actividad en dos monos araña negro, Ateles paniscus, en la Reserva Experimental Horco Molle, Tucumán, Argentina: comparación con sus congéneres silvestres
- DISENTANGLING THE EFFECTS OF DEFORESTATION AND INDIGENOUS HUNTING ON WILDLIFE IN THE AMAZON By
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