Bioacoustic monitoring of aggression in group-housed rhesus macaques

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 261-268

  McCowan, Brenda ^a   Rommeck, Ina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; RHESUS MONKEY; SOCIOBIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND INTENSITY; VOCALIZATION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 33846694915     PISSN: 10888705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327604jaws0904_1     Document Type: Article

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