Social behaviors of all-male proboscis monkeys when joined by females

Ecological Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 451-454

  Murai, Tadahiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

All male group; Copulation; Inbreeding avoidance; Male replacement; Nasalis larvatus; Proboscis monkey

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COPULATION; INBREEDING; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; KINABATANGAN RIVER; MALAYSIA; SABAH; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ELAEIS; NASALIS; NASALIS LARVATUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 4043088461     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1703.2004.00656.x     Document Type: Article

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