Personality traits in captive lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-198

  Rouff, Jacqueline H ^a,b   Sussman, Robert W ^a   Strube, Michael J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lion tailed macaques; Macaca silenus; Personality; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MACACA; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

MACACA; MACACA SILENUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 30744458569     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20176     Document Type: Article

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