Dominance hierarchy and social grooming in female lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus) in the Western Ghats, India

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 369-377

  Singh, Mridula ^a   Krishna, B A ^a   Singh, Mewa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

Dominance hierarchy; Grooming; Interval scale; Lion tailed macaque; Rank reversal

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; FEMALE; GROOMING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; PRIMATE; RANKING;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROOMING; INDIA; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIETY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GROOMING; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; INDIA; MACACA; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

MACACA; MACACA SILENUS;

EID: 33748806861     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 02505991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02704110     Document Type: Article

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