How does the white-headed langur (Trachypithecus leucocephalus) adapt locomotor behavior to its unique limestone hill habitat?

Primates

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 261-267

  Huang, Chengming ^a   Li, Youbang ^a  

^a GUANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Limestone habitat; Locomotion; White headed langur

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; HABITAT RELATED BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; LOCOMOTION; PRIMATE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBSERVATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

TRACHYPITHECUS LEUCOCEPHALUS;

EID: 27744487301     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-005-0130-3     Document Type: Article

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