Fission and troop size in a mountain baboon population

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 525-535

  Henzi, S P ^a   Lycett, J E ^b   Piper, S E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOUNTAIN BABOON; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TROOP SIZE;

KENYA, AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA, KWAZULU-NATAL, DRAKENSBERG PARK;

PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS;

EID: 0031082129     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0302     Document Type: Article

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