Does allogrooming serve a hygienic function in Cercocebus torquatus lunulatus?

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 223-242

  Pérez Pérez, Ana ^a   Baró, Joaquim Josep Veà ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allogrooming; Cercocebus; Function; Hygiene; Primates

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; GROOMING; HYGIENE; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CERCOCEBUS; GROOMING; HYGIENE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY SURFACE AREA; CERCOCEBUS; GROOMING; HYGIENE;

ANIMALIA; CERCOCEBUS; CERCOCEBUS TORQUATUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0345425064     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(199911)49:3<223::AID-AJP2>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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