Sexual Behavior of Maternally Separated Gibbons (Hylobates)

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-161

  Mootnick, Alan R ^a   Nadler, Ronald D ^b  

^a Intl Center for Gibbon Studies   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Development; Fearfulness; Parental behavior; Reproduction; Socialization

Indexed keywords

HYLOBATES; HYLOBATIDAE; PRIMATES;

ADULT; AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; OBJECT RELATION; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIALIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYLOBATES; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PEER GROUP; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 0031225385     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(199709)31:2<149::AID-DEV8>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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