Differential effects of ambient temperature and humidity on allogrooming, self-grooming, and scratching in wild Japanese macaquese

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 453-457

  Ventura, Raffaella ^a,d   Majolo, Bonaventura ^b   Schino, Gabriele ^c   Hardie, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allogrooming; Ambient temperature; Macaca fuscata; Relative humidity; Scratching; Self grooming

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GROOMING; HUMIDITY; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; SCRATCHING; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; GROOMING; HUMIDITY; JAPAN; MACACA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 15244358190     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20125     Document Type: Article

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