What a maleless group can tell us about the constraints on female transfer in Thomas's Langurs (presbytis thomasi)

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 169-181

  Steenbeek, Romy ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Female transfer; Food competition; Group composition; Infanticide; Male disappearance; Presbytis thomasi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; FEMALE; GROUP STRUCTURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; FEMALE; GROUP STRUCTURE; HOMING BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

PRESBYTIS THOMASI;

EID: 34547649741     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000157220     Document Type: Article

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