Social and environmental factors influencing natal dispersal in blue monkeys, Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1009-1020

  Ekernas, L Stefan ^a   Cords, Marina ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

age related behaviour; blue monkey; Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni; development; dispersal; emigration; environmental risk; primates; sex differences

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMIGRATION; ENDOGENOUS CUE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; MATE ATTRACTION; NATAL DISPERSAL; PHILOPATRY; PRIMATE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SURVIVORSHIP;

CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS MITIS; PRIMATES;

EID: 34250002793     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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