Alpha male black howler monkey responses to loud calls: Effect of numeric odds, male companion behaviour and reproductive investment

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 125-139

  Kitchen, Dawn M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; FIGHTING; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA CARAYA; ALOUATTA PIGRA;

EID: 1142306102     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.03.007     Document Type: Article

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