Vigilance in wild Thomas's langurs (Presbytis thomasi): The importance of infanticide risk

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-150

  Steenbeek, Romy ^a   Piek, Ruben C ^a   Van Buul, Marleen ^a   Van Hooff, Jan A R A M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Infanticide; Mate defence; Predation; Presbytis thomasi; Thomas's langurs; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; INFANTICIDE;

PRESBYTIS THOMASI;

EID: 0033030649     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050547     Document Type: Article

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