Skeletal pathologies in a population of Alouatta palliata: Behavioral, ecological, and evolutionary implications

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 615-650

  DeGusta, David ^a   Milton, Katharine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Alouatta palliata; Cebidae; Disease; Mantled howler; Mortality; Paleopathology

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; INJURY; MANTLED HOWLER MONKEY; PATHOLOGY; SKULL;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; PANAMA;

ALOUATTA PALLIATA;

EID: 0031835256     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020372825031     Document Type: Article

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