Reproductive consequences of variation in the composition of howler monkey (Alouatta spp.) groups

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 61-71

  Treves, A ^a,b,c  

^a Centre for Applied Biodiversity Science   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conspecific threat; Group composition; Howler monkeys; Males; Reproductive performance; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTION;

ALOUATTA; ANIMALIA; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034953510     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650100329     Document Type: Article

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