Male takeover in Colobus vellerosus at Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary, central Ghana

Primates

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 211-214

  Saj, Tania L ^a   Sicotte, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colobinae; Infanticide attempt; Male reproductive competition; Male takeover

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; INFANTICIDE; MALE BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE;

AGE; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOBINAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; MALE; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS; COLOBUS; FEMALE; GHANA; MALE; OBSERVATION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

COLOBINAE; COLOBUS; COLOBUS VELLEROSUS;

EID: 24144455586     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-004-0118-4     Document Type: Article

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