Hostile presenting in captive gibbons

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 809-825

  Mootnick, Alan R ^a   Baker, Elaine ^a,b   Nadler, Ronald D ^c   Merker, Bjorn ^d  

^a Gibbon Conservation Center   (United States)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anogenital; Display; Hylobatidae; Presenting; Threat

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; PRIMATE;

HAPLORHINI; HYLOBATES; HYLOBATES SP.; HYLOBATIDAE;

EID: 33747061801     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-006-9040-5     Document Type: Article

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