Pair bonds in monogamous apes: A comparison of the siamang Hylobates syndactylus and the white-handed gibbon Hylobates lar

Behaviour

Volumn 133, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 321-356

  Palombit, Ryne A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATING SYSTEM; PAIR BOND; SIAMANG; WHITE-HANDED GIBBON;

INDONESIA, SUMATRA, KETAMBE RESEARCH STATION;

HYLOBATES LAR; HYLOBATES SYNDACTYLUS;

EID: 0030424113     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853996X00486     Document Type: Article

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