Occurrence of infanticide among wild proboscis monkeys (Nasalis larvatus) in Sabah, Northern Borneo

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 177-179

  Agoramoorthy, Govindasamy ^a   Hsu, Minna J ^b  

^a TAJEN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Borneo; Density; Infanticide; Nasalis larvatus; Proboscis monkey

Indexed keywords

NASALIS LARVATUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BORNEO; COLOBINAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BORNEO; COLOBINAE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 20944435309     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084380     Document Type: Article

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