Interactions between overlapping multimale groups of black and white colobus monkeys (Colobus guereza) in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 193-209

  Von Hippel, Frank A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black and white colobus; Colobus guereza; Home range overlap; Intergroup encounters; Multimale groups; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

COLOBINAE; COLOBUS; COLOBUS GUEREZA; COLOBUS SP.; KAKAMEGA; RIPARIA;

EID: 0000779309     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1996)38:3<193::AID-AJP1>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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