Can a group elicit duets from its neighbours? A field study on the black-crested gibbon (Nomascus concolor jingdongensis) in Central Yunnan, China

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 186-195

  Fan, Pengfei ^a,b   Liu, Changming ^c   Luo, Wenshou ^c   Jiang, Xuelong ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Jingdong Nature Reserve Management Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Black crested gibbons; Central Yunnan; Counter singing; Intergroup spacing; Nomascus concolor jingdongensis; Singing behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; CHINA; FEMALE; HYLOBATES; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

NOMASCUS CONCOLOR;

EID: 34247239964     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099139     Document Type: Article

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