Female dispersal, social organization, and infanticide in langur: Are they linked to human disturbance?

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 235-254

  Sterck, Elisabeth H M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Female dispersal; Infanticide; Male takeover; Presbytis ssp.; Social organization

Indexed keywords

FEMALE DISPERSAL; HUMAN DISTURBANCE; INFANTICIDE; LANGUR; SITE FIDELITY; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031955209     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1998)44:4<235::AID-AJP1>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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