Lateral bias to the leading limb in an olfactory social signal by male ring-tailed lemurs

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 635-640

  Mertl Millhollen, Anne S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Handedness; Laterality; Lemur; Lemur catta; Olfaction; Scent marking

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; CAPTIVE POPULATION; HANDEDNESS; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; LIMB; OLFACTORY CUE; PRIMATE; SCENT MARKING; SIGNALING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ARM; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; LEMUR; MADAGASCAR; MALE; ODORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; LEMUR; LEMUR CATTA; LEMURIDAE; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 34250011776     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20374     Document Type: Article

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