Grooming, kinship, and co-feeding in captive spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)

Zoo Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 293-303

  Pastor Nieto, Rosalía ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affiliative investment; Ateles; Co feeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035623238     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.1029     Document Type: Article

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