The roaring of southern brown howler monkeys (Alouatta guariba clamitans) as a mechanism of active defence of borders

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 259-271

  Da Cunha, Rogério Grassetto Teixeira ^a,b   Jalles Filho, Euphly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alouatta guariba clamitans; Border defence; Brown howler monkeys; Intergroup spacing; Loud calls; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

ALOUATTA; ANIMAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION;

ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA GUARIBA; ALOUATTA GUARIBA CLAMITANS;

EID: 34547691283     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000105545     Document Type: Conference Paper

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