Socioecology of Hanuman langurs: The story of their success

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 122-137

  Koenig, Andreas ^a   Borries, Carola ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding competition; Feeding ecology; Female social relationships; Hanuman langur; Infanticide; Male migration; Number of males; Paternity; Seasonal reproduction; Semnopithecus entellus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035538468     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.1026     Document Type: Article

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