Lack of hand preference in wild hanuman langurs (Presbytis entellus)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 455-461

  Mittra, E S ^a,d   Fuentes, A ^b   McGrew, W C ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colobines; Field study; Handedness; Lateraltry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE;

EID: 0030869063     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199708)103:4<455::AID-AJPA3>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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