Conspecific threat, predation avoidance, and resource defense: Implications for grouping in langurs

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-53

  Treves, Adrian ^a   Chapman, Colin A ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Group living; Group size; Infanticide; Presbytis entellus; Social organization

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC THREAT; GROUP SIZE; LANGUR; PREDATION AVOIDANCE; RESOURCE DEFENCE; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

PRESBYTIS ENTELLUS;

EID: 0029660517     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050265     Document Type: Article

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