Seasonality of matings and births in captive Sichuan golden monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 265-269

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

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Births; Matings; Seasonality; Sichuan golden monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana)

Indexed keywords

MATING BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; SEASONALITY;

ANIMALIA; COLOBINAE; PRIMATES; PYGATHRIX ROXELLANA; RHINOPITHECUS ROXELLANA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033859853     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2345(200008)51:4<265::AID-AJP6>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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