Social organization of sichuan snub-nosed monkeys (rhinopithecus roxellana) in the Qinling Mountains, Central China

Primates

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 374-382

  Zhang, Peng ^a,b   Watanabe, Kunio ^a   Li, Baoguo ^b   Tan, Chia L ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Group composition; Individual identification; Multi tier social group; One male unit; Sichuan snub nosed monkeys (rhinopithecus roxellana)

Indexed keywords

HAPLORHINI; PYGATHRIX ROXELLANA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; COLOBINAE; FEMALE; GROUP STRUCTURE; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CHINA; COLOBINAE; FEMALE; GROUP STRUCTURE; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 39049184976     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-006-0178-8     Document Type: Article

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