Anti-predator behavior of gelada baboons

Primates

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 389-397

  Iwamoto, Toshitaka ^a   Mori, Akio ^b   Kawai, Masao ^c   Bekele, Afework ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIHON FUKUSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Anti predator behavior; Mobbing; Predation; Theropithecus gelada

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038199205     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02381374     Document Type: Article

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