Aspects of male competition in Colobus vellerosus: Preliminary data on male and female loud calling, and infant deaths after a takeover

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 627-636

  Sicotte, Pascale ^a   Teichroeb, Julie A ^a   Saj, Tania L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black and white colobus; Female loud call; Infanticide; Male loud call; Male takeover

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CALLING BEHAVIOR; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); INFANT MORTALITY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTION;

COLOBINAE; COLOBUS; COLOBUS VELLEROSUS;

EID: 34547798064     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-007-9141-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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