Scent marking in two Western Amazonian populations of woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 637-649

  Di Fiore, Anthony ^a,b   Link, Andres ^b   Stevenson, Pablo R ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CONSORTIUM IN EVOLUTIONARY PRIMATOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Lagothrix; Olfactory signaling; Range advertisement; Reproductive competition; Sexual selection; Woolly monkeys

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DEFENSE MECHANISM; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MATING BEHAVIOR; OLFACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMATE; SCENT MARKING; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; CEBIDAE; COLOMBIA; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECUADOR; FEMALE; MALE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; CEBIDAE; COLOMBIA; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECUADOR; FEMALE; MALE; ODORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL;

LAGOTHRIX; LAGOTHRIX LAGOTRICHA;

EID: 33745524197     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20257     Document Type: Conference Paper

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