Individuals' behaviors following dye-marking in wild black-and-white colobus (Colobus vellerosus)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 197-203

  Teichroeb, Julie A ^a   Marteinson, Sarah ^a   Sicotte, Pascale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colobus vellerosus; Dye marking; Extragroup mating; Individual recognition

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; RECOGNITION;

ANIMALIA; COLOBINAE; COLOBUS; COLOBUS VELLEROSUS; POROMITRA OSCITANS;

COLORING AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COLOBINAE; FEMALE; GHANA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLOBUS; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; GHANA; MALE;

EID: 14944371849     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20108     Document Type: Article

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