A preliminary study of food transfer in Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 148-152

  Zhang, Zhen ^a   Su, Yanjie ^a   Chan, Raymond C R ^b   Reimann, Giselle ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Food transfer; Rhinopithecus roxellana; Sichuan snub nosed monkeys; Social tolerance

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; JUVENILE; PRIMATE; TOLERANCE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; COLOBINAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHINA; COLOBINAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

PRIMATES; PYGATHRIX ROXELLANA;

EID: 38949195027     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20466     Document Type: Article

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