Allogrooming behavior in cercocebus torquatus: The case for the hygienic functional hypothesis

Primates

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 199-207

  Pérez, Ana Pérez ^a   Veá, Joaquim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allogrooming; Cercocebus; Function; Hygiene; Primates

Indexed keywords

GROOMING; HYGIENE; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; PRIMATE;

CERCOCEBUS TORQUATUS;

EID: 0343091570     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02557801     Document Type: Article

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