Variation in langur social organization in relation to the socioecological model, human habitat alteration, and phylogenetic constraints

Primates

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 199-213

  Sterck, Elisabeth H M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Female dominance relationships; Infanticide risk; Langurs; Phylogenetic constraints; Provisioning; Social organization

Indexed keywords

HANUMAN; HANUMAN LANGURS; PRIMATES; PRESBYTIS; SEMNOPITHECUS; TRACHYPITHECUS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DOMINANCE; INFANTICIDE; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE; PROVISIONING; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0032994971     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02557711     Document Type: Article

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