Observations on Food Sharing in Wild Lar Gibbons (Hylobates lar)

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 386-391

  Nettelbeck, Anouchka Rebekka ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b LaPradelle   (France)

Author keywords

Food sharing; Gibbon; Hylobates lar; Parental care

Indexed keywords

HAPLORHINI; HYLOBATES LAR; HYLOBATES SP.; HYLOBATIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HAPLORHINI; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HYLOBATES; MALE; THAILAND;

EID: 0542399598     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021658     Document Type: Article

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