Infanticide within captive groups of Sichuan golden snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana)

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 274-276

  Zhang, Shuyi ^a,b   Liang, Bing ^a   Wang, Lixin ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Infanticide; Rhinopithecus roxellana; Sichuan golden snub nosed monkey

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COLOBINAE; PYGATHRIX ROXELLANA; RHINOPITHECUS ROXELLANA;

EID: 0033197796     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021707     Document Type: Article

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