Home-range characteristics and the influence of seasonality on female reproduction in white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar) at Khao Yai National Park, Thailand

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Savini, Tommaso ^a,b,c   Boesch, Christophe ^b   Reichard, Ulrich H ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest productivity; Offspring mortality; Seasonal reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY SIZE; BRAIN SIZE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING; HAPLORHINI; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOME RANGE; HYLOBATES LAR; LACTATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PHYLOGENY; PREGNANCY; PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; THAILAND; WEANING;

ANIMALS; BIRTH RATE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HOMING BEHAVIOR; HYLOBATES; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; THAILAND; WEANING;

EID: 37349125986     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20578     Document Type: Article

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