Female white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar) lead group movements and have priority of access to food resources

Behaviour

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 965-981

  Barelli, Claudia ^a,b   Boesch, Christophe ^a   Heistermann, Michael ^b   Reichard, Ulrich H ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding priority; Gibbons; Hylobates lar; Leadership; Reproductive stages; Travel progression

Indexed keywords

HAPLORHINI; HYLOBATES LAR; HYLOBATIDAE; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 51349153507     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853908784089243     Document Type: Article

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