Calling in wild silvery gibbons (Hylobates moloch) in Java (Indonesia): Behavior, phylogeny, and conservation

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-19

  Geissmann, Thomas ^a   Nijman, Vincent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Duet; Gibbon; Hylobates moloch; Population density; Song; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; SONG; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; INDONESIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUND DETECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HYLOBATES; INDONESIA; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX FACTORS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; JAVA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUNDA ISLES;

HAPLORHINI; HYLOBATES KLOSSII; HYLOBATES MOLOCH; HYLOBATES SP.; PRIMATES;

EID: 33644618574     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20203     Document Type: Article

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